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Moving Image		Both Men & Women Must Work MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:53 For the settlers, it was almost impossible to survive unless both men and women worked and contributed. Find Similar Resources	Women -- Settlements Settlements Frontier and pioneer life

Moving Image		Colonial Medicine MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:54 For settlers, women were very often the ones who were in control of medicine. One of the most important roles women played was in midwifery because bearing children was by far the most dangerous thing that could happen to a woman at that time. Find Similar Resources	Medicine -- Women -- Settlements Settlements Childbirth

Moving Image		Crime & Punishment MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:34 With the problems of a growing population, Maine’s first jail was built in York in 1653. While local crimes were handled by local magistrates, conflicts about trade, or issues involving the French or Native Americans, were addressed by the new government in Boston. Find Similar Resources	Crime and punishment -- Settlements Jails -- Settlements Settlements Frontier and pioneer life

Moving Image		End & Credits - Rolling back the frontier MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:01 Find Similar Resources	Native Americans Settlements

Moving Image		Enduring Spirit MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:37 In 1675, King Phillip’s War began in Massachusetts. By the end of the 1600s, most Native Americans had fled their villages and almost all of the English settlements in Maine were abandoned. Still, the spirit to try to live here remained. Find Similar Resources	King Philip's war, 1635-1676 Native Americans Settlements Refugees

Moving Image		Europeans Bring Disease MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:33 Some estimates show that ninety percent of Maine's Indians were lost to European disease in the 1600's. The decimation of the native population, which happened between 1616 and 1619, is known as the Great Dying. Find Similar Resources	Great Dying -- 1616 / 1619 Native Americans Settlements Smallpox -- America -- History

Moving Image		Facing Maine's Winter MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:14 The settlers had to face the cold winter in Maine. In order to heat their home for the winter, each family had to cut lots of wood and produce enough food during the short growing season. Everybody had to have some kind of farming. Find Similar Resources	Stove -- Benjamin Franklin Farming/Agriculture Settlements Frontier and pioneer life

Moving Image		First Permanent Settlements MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:01:38 In 1639, Sir Ferdinando Gorges became Maine’s proprietor, in charge of distributing land to settlers. Because there were few roads, the settlements stretched along the coastline. Find Similar Resources	Sir Ferdinando Gorges Settlements Maine -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775

Moving Image		Fishing Stations MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:00:50 In the late 1500s, English merchants began to set up seasonal fishing stations in Maine. Find Similar Resources	Seasonal fishing stations Settlements

Moving Image		Fort Pentagoet MPBN: Home Series, Moving Image, 0:02:02 In order to take advantage of the resources in New France, which they called Acadia, the French built a series of forts to serve as trading posts. The capital of their new colony was at Fort Pentagoet, in present-day Castine. Find Similar Resources	Fort Pentagoet Native Americans Settlements

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