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YEAR FOUNDED: 1664

Middle Colonies

New Jersey

SLOGAN:Don't debate, head to the garden state!

INFO

ECONOMY

FOUNDED

SUMMER

How it got founded: Founded and settled in before, they took over New Jersey in 1664 from the Dutch Why it got founded: Trade and Profit, Land Grants, and Religious Freedom What it was used for: To make money and for people to escape religious persecution

WINTER

FERTILE SOIL

ROCKY

FOUNDERS: Lord Berkley and Sir George Carteret

ECONOMY

How they made money- Farmland/crops/wheat- Timber - Furs - Coal- Cattle - Grain - Rice - Indigo (dye) - Wheat

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IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

GOVERNMENT: New Jersey was a Royal ColonyPHYSICAL GEOGRAPY: New Jersey had mountains, lowlands, Atlantic coastal plains, and fertile soil.CLIMATE: New Jersey had a mild climate, warm summers, mild winters (good for farming and agriculture).RELIGION: There was not a specific religion in New Jersey but some religions are Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others.

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