Essential Questions How was the economy of colonial New England affected by its geographic location...

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Essential Questions

•How was the economy of colonial New England affected by its geographic location and environment?

•In what ways did the contributions of various socio-economic groups develop the colonial economy?

•Although slaves in the North were fewer than the South, what key roles did slaves play in the development of the

colonial economy?

•How did imported goods shape the social identity of the elite?

•In what ways was Salem’s economy part of a larger global economy?

Moll's Codfish map (1719) by Herman Moll

The key to the engraving reads as follows: A View of a Stage & also of ye manner of Fishing for, Curing & Drying Cod at NEW FOUND LAND. A. The Habit of ye Fishermen. B. The Line. C. The manner of Fishing. D. The Dressers of ye Fish. E. The Trough into which they throw ye Cod when Dressed. F. Salt Boxes. G. The manner of Carrying ye Cod. H. The Cleansing ye Cod. I. A Press to extract ye Oyl from ye Cods Livers. K. Casks to receive ye Water and Blood that comes from ye Livers. L. Another Cask to receive ye Oyl. M. The manner of Drying ye Cod.

Map of New England (1729) by Herman Moll

Jones, Alice Hanson Wealth of a Nation to be: The American Colonies on the Eve of the Revolution New York: Colombia University Press, 1980, p. 48.

Economy New England

Middle Southern

What were the major products/exports?

Who helped

produce these

products?

How did the

economic activities reflect the geography

of the area?

Colonial Regions of America 1689 - 1754

New England Colonies

Mid-Atlantic Colonies

Southern Colonies

Colonial Trade Around 1750

Boston Evening Post April 19, 1736

Wikipedia Graphic for Triangle Trade

Boston Evening Post March 29, 1742

Boston Evening Post January 7, 1745

Crowninshield’s Wharf (1806), by George Ropes, Jr.

John Turner (1737) by John Smibert

Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam

c. 1758 by John Greenwood

Punch Bowl18th century, 1708–09

Sea Captains Carousing in Surinam

c. 1758 by John Greenwood

An Accurate Map of the West Indies (1740) by Emanuel Bowen

http://www.libs.uga.edu/darchive/hargrett/maps/colamer.html

Samuel Browne (1734) by John Smibert

http://www.courant.com/news/local/northeast/hc-plantation.artsep29,0,599468.story

The brig Matilda carried goods from Connecticut to Martinique to feed sugar cane slaves in the Indies in 1795. Notable among the items on this manifest are 300 ropes of onions, listed third from the bottom, that were probably grown in Wethersfield, CT