New Jersey

Middle Colonies

1664

New Jersey

Lord Berkeley

Jersey; for farmers and traders alike!

INFO

ECONOMY

FOUNDED

New Jersey was founded for trading and profits. It was founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. They were gifted the land in the colony by the king of England, so that made it a Royal Colony

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ECONOMY

• New Jersey produced lots of iron and cattle. As part of the Middle "Breadbasket" Colonies, it produces lots of grains and cattle. Off the coast, they fished and produced a lot of fish to distribute. They are among the top producers of cranberries in the country. Each farm was 50 to 150 acres with a barn, house, yard, and fields.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

• In 1775 New Jersey was classified as a Royal Colony.
• A "Bread Basket" colony.
• Lord Berkerly was gifted New Jersey by the king of england.
• In New Jersey, the major accepted religions were Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, and Judaism
• The colony was named after the British island of Jersey in the English Channel.
• New Jersey is mountainous in the northeast but has a coastal plain in