Robert Remini
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It was never as prosperous as Connecticut and was finally joined to that colony.
fifty five the new england confederation sixteen forty three besides the settlements that have already been described there were colonists forty three the pilgrims of all the groups of the separatists scattered over england for some of those towns were within her limits
In 1640, the Long Parliament met in England, and in 1645, Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans destroyed the Royal Army in the Battle of Naseby.
In these troubled times, England could do little to protect the New England colonists, and could do nothing to punish them for acting independently.
The New England colonists were surrounded by foreigners.
There were the French on the north and the east and the Dutch on the west.
The Indians, too, were living in their midst and might at any time turn on the whites and kill them.
Thinking all these things over, the four leading colonies decided to join together for protection.
They formed the New England Confederation and drew up a constitution.
The colonists living in Rhode Island and in Maine did not belong to the Confederation, but they enjoyed many of the benefits flowing from it, for it was quite certain that the Indians and the French and the Dutch would think twice before attacking any of the New England settlements.
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Social Conditions
The New England colonies were all settled on the town system, for there were no industries which demanded large plantations as tobacco planting.
The New Englanders were small farmers, mechanics, shipbuilders, and fishermen.
There were few servants in New England and almost no Negro slaves.
Most of the laborers were free men and worked for wages as laborers now do.
Above all, the New Englanders were very zealous in the matter of education.
Harvard College was founded in 1636.
A few years later, a law was passed compelling every town to provide schools for all the children in the town.
End of chapter 6.
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