Yankeedom (New England)

• Yankeedom’s Geography (New England):

  • “Rocky soil"

  • Small family farms

  • Large coast line

  • Dense fisheries

  • Increased diet of fish

  • Inland mountains

  • Population density near coast

  • Reliance upon coastal trade
• Yankeedom’s Political-Economy (pt1):

  •Geographic location -> “Massachusetts Bay Colony”

  •Founded by a group primarily made up of Puritans (Protestant Christian sect)

  •Heavily influenced by the English Civil War

  •Not founded for the free practice of religion, but the free practice of Puritan belief.
• Yankeedom’s Political-Economy (pt2):

  •Economics: Agricultural society based on small family farms, coastal trade, fishing, and shipbuilding.

  •Politics: Centered on the rights of individuals
• Puritans:

  • Version of Christianity under the Calvinist sect.

  • American Puritans were anti-crown & English government.
• Pure-ritan:

  • High literacy rate

  • Meritocracy

  • Social conservatism