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The New England colonies were the 

northernmost group of colonies in the Americas. 

They included New Hampshire, Massachusetts, 

Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

New England, unlike the other two groups of colonies, 

had

and has terrible conditions for crops. However, all but 

Vermont touch the ocean. Which means, you guessed 

it...

Fishing and shipbuilding were the backbone of their 

economy. it also structured their diet. Seafood was 

(and still is) quite a popular food in New England.

Each colony was founded by different people, but several 

were founded for the same reason. Let's start with 

Massachusetts.

Massachusetts, was founded by a group of Puritans. These 

Puritans came to America in search of religious freedom, 

and in turn, non-Puritans were forced to practice the same 

beliefs. Those not practicing the Puritan faith were 

punished by being whipped and sometimes exiled. Many 

of those who were thrown out ended up founding other 

colonies, like Rhode Island.

Among the banished was a man named Roger Williams. 

When he was cast out by the Puritans, he decided...

After getting some land from the Natives he had lived 

with, Rhode Island was born! It accepted other castaways 

from Massachusetts for a long time afterwards. 

Up next is Connecticut, a colony founded by and angry Puritan 

minister named Thomas Hooker. Hooker was sent away for his 

religious beliefs and his belief that all men should vote. He took a 

group of followers and started what is now Connecticut. He later 

wrote something widely known as the first Constitution; The 

Fundamental Orders

of Connecticut.

And last but not least, New Hampshire. New Hampshire 

was a piece of Massachusetts, until it got permission from 

King Charles I to make a new colony.  

When pilgrims first came over to resettle Jamestown, they were 

blown off course and ended up in present day Massachusetts. They 

scribbled up a document known as the Mayflower Compact. Many 

historians think of it as the first constitution of America. It laid out 

the rules of Plymouth, the first successful colony in the Americas. 

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