1. New Jersey Angel Simpson Merian Jess September 25, 2014 United States History Dr. Pagan

2. THE BEGINNING… NEW JERSEY WAS WON BY THE ENGLISH FROM THE DUTCH IN 1664. THE FIRST PERSON THE STEP FOOT ON JERSEY LAND WAS HENRY HUDSON, WHO NOW HAS A RIVER THAT BARES HIS NAME. IN 1664, THE DUKE OF YORK ASSIGNED LORD BERKELEY AND SIR GEORGE CARTERET THE LAND. SOME OF THE FIRST PEOPLE TO HAVE INHABITED NEW JERSEY WERE FROM DELAWARE. THESE PEOPLE WERE CALLED THE LENNI LENAPE PEOPLE. THERE WERE THREE MAIN TRIBES: THE UNAMI(LENAPE) TRIBE, THE MINISINK(MUNSEE) TRIBE, AND THE UNALACHTIGO TRIBE. THE TAINO TRIBE ALSO MIGRATED TO NEW JERSEY AFTER THE EUROPEANS ARRIVED, BUT MOST OF THE NATIVE AMERICANS WERE FORCED TO LEAVE NEW JERSEY, WHEN EASTERN TRIBES WERE BEING DISPLACED BY COLONIAL EXPANSION.

4. economy  The population of New Jersey grew from 15,000 in 1700 to about 184,000 in 1790.  Agriculture had been supplemented by considerable mining and the processing of copper and iron and by the production of lumber, leather, and glass.  New Jersey produced grain or corn, and breeded all sorts of cattle, in great quantities, with which they supplied the merchants of New York and Philadelphia, to carry on their trade, to all the American Islands.  The population of New Jersey grew from 15,000 in 1700 to about 184,000 in 1790.  Agriculture had been supplemented by considerable mining and the processing of copper and iron and by the production of lumber, leather, and glass.  New Jersey produced grain or corn, and breeded all sorts of cattle, in great quantities, with which they supplied the merchants of New York and Philadelphia, to carry on their trade, to all the American Islands.

5. CULTURE The people of New Jersey allowed cultural diversity. They built their own homes. They were Puritans.