The New England Colonies

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The New England Colonies Questions and Answers

What was the political structure in the New England colonies like?

Compare and contrast the Virginia and New England colonies demographically.

Compare and contrast the English colonies in the Chesapeake and in New England. In what ways were they different, and in what ways were they alike?

What is one important similarity between the British colonies in the Chesapeake region and the British colonies in New England in the period from 1607 to 1754?

Why would the New England colony be better than the other colonies in the region?(Southern and middle)  

In what ways did the New England Colonies' economy and society differ from the Chesapeake Colonies' economy?

Why is New York not considered to be part of New England?

Describe the climate of the New England colonies.

Why were the New England colonies founded?

What was the government like in Rhode Island during the 1600s?

What type of colony was Connecticut?

What are  some examples of the government and laws in the new England colonies.

What was the government like in the colony of New Hampshire?

Why isn't New England one state?

Why is New England important to American history?

Describe the economy of the New England colonies.

What was the geography of the New England colonies?

Why was Roger Williams important?

What was the New England colonies' relationship with the natives?

What type of colony was Rhode Island?

What was life like in the New England colonies?

Why did New England farmers practice subsistence farming?

Which New England colony was established by the separatists?

What were the traits of the New England colonies?

Were the Pilgrims really in New England, or in New Netherland?

Who settled in the New England colonies?

Was New England formerly a colony?

Why is Rhode Island a state?

What are some facts about the New England colonies?

How significant was the English colony at Guilford?

What are some historical events that occured in Rhode Island?

Who formed the New England colonies?

How was Rhode Island founded?

Describe education in the New England colonies.

Explain why people accepted the New England Federation.