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Welcome To New York and New Jersey

Published on Oct 12, 2018

By:Naomi and Penn New York and New Jersey colonies

PRESENTATION OUTLINE

Welcome To New York

  • New York was founded by Peter Minut, Duke of York and other colonists
  • founded in 1626
  • one of the middle colonies also called "Breadbasket"colonies
  • called breadbasket colonies because they grew lots of crops especially wheat and corn which they sent to mills to then to be shipped to England

Geography

  • There are mountains in north east colonies and low lands from lake Ontario along the Canadian border.
  • New York has fertile soil that made it easy to farm.

Religon

  • Quakers, Catholic's, Lutherans, Jews, and Puritans are only a few religion groups in New York.
  • Quakers believed in spherical quality for men and women, and a part of God is in everyone.
  • Lutherans believed that humans are saved by their sins gods.
  • Puritans believed in a pure Christian church, with no vestige of the Catholic religion
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Unique Qualities

  • One of New York's unique qualities is they are called the bread basket colony because they are one of the bread basket colonies, the reason why they were called the bread basket colonies because the grew lots of crops especially wheat and corn which were sent to mills to be ground to flower.
  • A typical farm in New York farm was 50-150 acres which is a lot of land to farm on.
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Economy

  • People in New York were big on food. They made their money by selling corn, wheat and livestock including beef and pork but they also fished.
  • They also sometimes found some iron ore to sell at the market for extra money.
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Reasons you should come to New York

  • Lots of farm land.
  • Easier to farm because of fertile soil
  • Easy to raise livestock.
  • Not dominated by one religion you can chose your religion except where the puritan groups lived.
  • We are good at trades we can get you a good deal!
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  • THATS A RAP FOR NEW YORK!!!
  • By: Penn and Naomi.

Welcome to New Jersey

  • New Jersey was founded by Lord Barkley and sir George, founded in 1664 it would be founded in the middle colonies.
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geography

  • The climate made it easy to farm.
  • Mountains in north east colonies lowlands from lake Ontario along the Canadian border.
  • New Jersey also had Fertile soil Just like New York that made it easier to farm.