New Jersey
By: Mary Ziperman and Diego Lozano
Founding
- Settled by the Dutch in 1623.
- The colony was first called New Netherlands.
- Founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret (They pushed the Dutch out of New Netherlands and renamed it New Jersey).
- The reasoning was for profit and trade.
Economy
- Major Industry is manufacturing (Ironworking, lumbering)
- Major producers of asparagus, bell peppers, eggplant, lettuce, spinach, blueberries, cranberries, and a lot of wheat.
- Known as the breadbasket colony because it grows an abundant amount of crops, especially wheat.
- Most valuable livestock product were horses.
- They traded timber, coal, iron, ore, textiles, and furs.
- Good fishing
Geography/Terrain
- Mountains in the northeast, lowlands from Lake Ontario along the Canadian border, Atlantic coastal plain.
- Fertile Soil (Supports farming)
- The east landscape consists of pine forests, shallow lagoons, and meadows.
- Mild climate with warm summers and mild winters. (Good for farming and agriculture)
- The Delaware and Hudson River are major rivers.
- A lot of water sources to catch fish.
Government
- Lord Berkeley and Sir Carteret (founders) promise the settlers a representative government.
- Eventually, England gained back New Jersey's governing power.
- New Jersey shared a royal governor with New York for many years until we split it off. (Split in 1738)
- A royal colony is ruled or administrated by officials responsible to and appointed by the reigning sovereign of Great Britain.
- New Jersey has a representative assembly where the people get to vote.
Demographics
- Indentured servants are very common.
- Anti Slavery.
- Very diverse culture.
- Lord Berkeley and Sir Carteret promised religious freedom.
- Religious freedom brought the quakers and other religious groups.
- Many Catholics, Jews, and Lutherans.
Sources
http://www.landofthebrave.info/new-jersey-colony.htm
http://www.netstate.com/economy/nj_economy.htm
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/nj_geography.htm
http://www.timepage.org/spl/13colony.html#mass
http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/nj_geography.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory/13newjersey.htm
http://mrnussbaum.com/history-2-2/njcolony/
http://americanhistory.about.com/cs/colonialamerica/p/jerseycolony.htm
http://www.appalachiantrail.org/about-the-trail/terrain-by-state/new-jersey