New England

New England

New England states

Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut

Capitals
Maine: Augusta
New Hampshire:
Concord
Vermont:
Montpelier
Massachusetts:
Boston
Connecticut:
Hartford
Rhode Island:
Providence

General characteristics
New England is the
part of the United
States that is most
like old England.
Highly industrial, but
also has many fields,
woods and small
towns.

The New England

Yankee

Meaning of the word

South: a Northerner
Other countries:
American
Proper meaning: a
person who lives in
New England

The Yankee Character

The Yankee character is
shaped by history and
geography.
New England was settled
by the Puritans from
England in the 1600s
(strict and simple).
The land was very harsh:
thin and poor soil full of
large stones.

The Yankee Character

Honest, but shrewd
Realistic and to the
point
Practical rather than
romantic

Untalkative
Thrifty
Principled
Independent

The Yankee Character

New England has played a very special role in
the United States history.
The American Revolution began in New
England. Yankees were among the strongest
supporters of independence.
New England Yankees led the movement to
end slavery in America.

Two New England

Writers

Nathaniel Hawthorne
1804 1864
He was born in Salem,
Massachusetts.
One of his ancestors
was a judge in the
Salem witch trials. A
woman condemned to
death put a curse on his
family.

Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthornes novel
The House of the
Seven Gables tells of
a family who lives
under such a curse.

Henry David Thoreau

1817 1862
He was born in
Concord,
Massachusetts.
From 1845 to 1847
he lived in a cabin
near Walden Pond.

Henry David Thoreau

There he wrote his
greatest book,
Walden.
In this book he
describes his
experiment in living
alone close to
nature.

Cabin site

Thoreaus ideas
Citizens had the duty of civil
disobedience peaceful protesting
against government policies they
considered wrong
Concern about the destruction of forests

The Sea

 The sea played a

major role in the
regions economy.
In colonial times,
New England
prospered from
fishing and trade.

The Triangular Trade

 Cod was the main fish export.

The Sacred Cod

of Massachusetts

 Whaling was an important activity in 1800s.

It declined with the discovery of

underground sources of oil in the 1850s.

 The mid-1800s were the era of the Yankee

clipper ships.

Their days ended when metal steamships were

developed in England in the 1860s.

 By the late 1800s, the sea no longer

played such an important role in New
Englands economy. But money earned
from the sea was used to build factories.

A Maine Vacation

 A Maine vacation can be almost any kind

of vacation you want:
A seaside vacation
Camping and hiking vacation
Boating
Hunting
Skiing

Seaside vacation
Rocky and winding coast:
many inlets and harbors.
Thousands of islands
Mount Desert Island
Cold water: 55F (12.8C)
Lobster
Clambake

Clambake

a traditional meal that

New Englanders adopted from the Indians

1.
2.
3.

Pile up layers of logs and

rock.
When burned, the logs will
heat the rocks.
Cover the hot rocks with
seaweed and then a rack.

4. Put food on the rack in the

following order: clams,
potatoes and onions,
chicken and fish, hot dogs
and lobsters and corn.
5. Cover the food with a heavy
cloth.
6. Wait for an hour.

Baxter State Park

Boating

Autumn in Maine

Winter in Maine

May in Maine

Do not visit Maine in May!!!

Boston

American Revolution 1775 1781

Boston played the
most important role
in American struggle
for independence.

Boston Massacre
1770
Boston Tea Party 1773

The Freedom Trail

The Freedom Trail is a
red (mostly brick) path
through downtown
Boston, Massachusetts
that leads to 16
significant historic sites.
It is a 2.5-mile walk from
Boston Common to
Bunker Hill Monument in
Charlestown.

Cambridge
Americas most famous
student town
The birthplace of
American intellectual life
Harvard University (1636)
MIT Massachusetts
Institute of Technology

Cambridge
Stata Center, MIT

Simmons Hall, MIT

Cambridge
Rowing on the Charles River

Boston Brahmins
Elite
Old Yankee families
Wealthy, well-educated,
exclusive
Protestant
Proper

Boston Brahmins

Old Yankee families:

Cabots
Lowells
Peabodys
Endicotts

Beacon Hill

Somerset Club

They married among themselves

and gave their sons Brahmin
names: Cabot Lowell, Lowell Cabot,
Endicott Peabody

Maple Syrup
For a brief period each spring
in Vermont its sugaring time.
When days are warm, but
nights are cool, sap begins to
run in the sugar maple trees.
The maple sap is collected
and then boiled down in sugar
houses until it becomes maple
syrup.
Maple syrup is good on vanilla
ice cream and pancakes.

New England