Their major industries were: agriculture this included fishing, corn, and livestock. They also had manufacturing which included lumbering and shipbuilding.
Parents were required to teach their children how to read so they could read the Bible. Men met to make laws and settle problems in the community. Schools were ran by women at houses.
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Created with images by Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the BPL - "To his excellency William Shirley Esqr., Captain General and Commander in Chief, in and over his Majesty's province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, and Vice Admiral of the same : this draught of the northern English Colonies ..."