1. By Jillian Brungard, Noah Monsanto, Johnny Kubis
NY/NJ
By Jillian Brungard, Noah Monsanto, Johnny Kubis

2. New York, New Jersey Founded: NY- 1626 (Dutch) NJ- 1787 (Dutch)
Key Terms:
Religious Freedom
Charter
Maize

3. History Founder of New York: Peter Minuit (1626)
Founder of New Jersey: Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley (1664)
NJ and NY ruled by Dutch prior to 1664
Reason for founding: trade and profit

4. Government NY and NJ governed as Royal colonies
Governor chosen by king of England
NJ and NY shared same governor from

5. Demographics/Population
New York
Nationality- Iroquoian, Algonquian
From- Eastern & North America
Population- Before: 300 people
Now: 8 million
New Jersey
Nationality- Lenape native americans
From- Northeastern Woodlands
Population- Before: 3 million
Now: 9 million

6. Culture New Jersey New York
Lifestyle- maintained a peaceful relationship with the natives
Women- expected to care for children and other duties
Children- boys worked fields
Girls help their mothers with housework
Entertainment- horse racing, sewing
Food- Fishing, farming, hunting
New York
Lifestyle- farming, trade, fishing,
Women- expected to do “women's work”
Cook
Care for children
Entertainment- homemade toys
Food- hunt and grew their own

7. Toys

8. Economy New York: Known for Fur trapping Lumber trading
And The slave trade was huge in New York’s economic success
Created kettles,locks,plows, and iron ores which were exported to Europe
Farmers owned up to 150 acres of land
New Jersey:
Farmers traded crops with the native Americans and in return received spices and furs
Men were carpenters and craftsmen with apprentices
The Delaware river was a trade route between the different colonies
With the other colonies they traded Wheat, Maize, beans, and grains

9. Religion New York New York was mainly Protestant
This is because the Dutch and English were Protestant
A lot of religious freedom
It was between the English Puritan colonies and the catholic colony of maryland
New Jersey
Divided into East and West Jersey
East- Very strict Puritans
West- Had religious freedom
Had RF to gain a high population
When NJ became a royal colony, RF protected

10. Key facts
Major Towns and Cities: Trenton and Princeton (NJ); New York CIty, Albany (NY)
New Jersey colony founded by Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley in 1664
Economy was known for more exports than imports for both colonies
NY and NJ mainly had religious freedom except for East Jersey.
New York colony was founded by Peter Minuit in 1626