USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The New England colonists-with the exception of Rhode Island-were predominantly Puritans, who, by and large, led strict religious lives.

Detailed explanation-2: -People in New England towns lived, worked, and worshiped close together. The meeting house and the church were the most important buildings in the town. The Puritans settled in Massachusetts. Because they were so strict some Puritans left Massachusetts and founded the other New England Colonies.

Detailed explanation-3: -The New England colonies were established by two religious groups within the Puritan religion. These two groups consisted of two different sects of Puritanism: Separatist Puritans and Non-Separatist Puritans.

Detailed explanation-4: -The first English colony in New England, Plymouth Colony, was established in 1620 by Pilgrims fleeing religious persecution in England; a French colony established in 1604 on Saint Croix Island, Maine, had failed.

Detailed explanation-5: -The New England colonies had rocky soil, which was not suited to plantation farming, so the New England colonies depended on fishing, lumbering, and subsistence farming. The Middle colonies also featured mixed economies, including farming and merchant shipping.