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New Jersey-(Colby Maske)
Aspects
1. The New Jersey Colony was founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
2. Named after the British island of Jersey, situated in the English Channel and part of the Channel Islands.
3. Mills were used for:
- Grinding grain to make flour - called gristmills which operated by turning massive millstones for grinding grain
- Cutting Wood
- Forging iron
- Bark mills - Tanneries also emerged to make leather goods such as shoes and saddles
- Paper making 'mills' which grinded linen rags into pulp
Fact I: Geography
Mountains in the northeast, lowlands from Lake Ontario along the Canadian border. Atlantic coastal plain. The general geography of the Middle Colonies had a mix of the New England and Southern features but had fertile soiland land that was suited to farming
Fact II:Climate
The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that were suited to farming and agriculture
Fact III: Trade/Exports
The Middle Colonies were the big food producing region that included corn and wheat and livestock including beef and pork. Other industries included the production of iron ore, lumber, textiles, furs and shipbuilding - refer to Colonial Times
Fact IV: Religion
Not dominated by a specific religion which gave way to religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others. Refer to Religion in the Colonies
Fact V: Hsitory
Year Founded 1664 by English colonists refer to article on Lords Proprietors
Fact Vi: Cities
Major Towns / Trenton, Princeton
Fact VII: Raw Materials
Good farmland, timber, furs and coal. Iron ore was a particularly important natural resource
Fact VIII: Economy
New Jersey was often referred to as a breadbasket colony because it grew so many crops, especially wheat. The wheat was ground into flour in flour mills then shipped to England.
Fact IV: Manufacturing
Iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, locks, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England
Fact X: History
The Colony became a state on December 18, 1787. For additional facts and inforefer to the Change from Colonies to States
Fact XI: Industry
Flax and hemp farms were established in the Middle Colonies furthering the textiles industry
Fact XII: History
In 1676 the New Jersey Colony is divided into East Jersey and West Jersey
Fact XIII: History
In 1664 the British take control of New Jersey from the Dutch
Fact XIV: Government
By 1775 New Jersey was governed as a Royal Colony.