. New England; a human interest geographical reader. sh up the other valleys when this expansion was Life and Nature, Past and Present checked by the bloody struggle of King Philips attacks by the French and Indians from thenorth made it dangerous to extend the frontiers untilCanada was conquered by the English in 1759. New England life changed slowly for two famihes that gathered before the big fireplaceswere large, and the children, ^ . I - \Y^r\,f Iwhen they grewup and mar-ried, moved onand took upnew clearedthe forest, piledthe bouldersthat encum-bered
. New England; a human interest geographical reader. sh up the other valleys when this expansion was Life and Nature, Past and Present checked by the bloody struggle of King Philips attacks by the French and Indians from thenorth made it dangerous to extend the frontiers untilCanada was conquered by the English in 1759. New England life changed slowly for two famihes that gathered before the big fireplaceswere large, and the children, ^ . I - \Y^r\,f Iwhen they grewup and mar-ried, moved onand took upnew clearedthe forest, piledthe bouldersthat encum-bered the soilinto stonewalls, and pro-duced on their farms the necessaries of life, includinggrain and meat. Roads were poor and travel difficult, and each com-munity depended largely on itself. The farmer builthis own house, and raised wool and flax, which thewomen spun and wove into cloth and made into wear-ing apparel. Indeed, most of the things which nowwould be bought in the stores the rustic householdcontrived to supply themselves or did A glacial boulder in New Hampshire 6 New England The earlier settlers built their houses in villagegroups that they might better protect themselves from
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