What are facts about colonial New Jersey?

Answer 1

called bread basket colonies because the grew so much foodanswer by Logan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Even though the camera is invented in New Jersey. It does not have the best movies. new jersey has one of the hghest raings in the world

called bread basket colonies because the grew so much food

that Carlos bakery is thee buy some cake there good Ive been there before

It was admitted to the Union in 1787.

one important fact is that it is called'Garden State."

some interesting facts are chemicals are new jerseys leading manufactured. the most valuable live stock products raised in new jersey are horses making up about 12% of the states total agricultural income in new jersey.

The most important fact about New Jersey is: No matter how high unemployment is, or that the roads are not being plowed correctly. Your house taxes will continue to grow every year, till nobody else can afford to buy and decides to rent for a fraction of the mortgage cost!

There is a legind of a Devil in new jersey It is called The jersey Devil.

it has acid rain and it is awesome and sunny

It was the third state that there was. Sorry I could only give you one.

Theres acid rain duhh

some interesting facts are chemicals are new jerseys leading manufactured. the most valuable live stock products raised in new jersey are horses making up about 12% of the states total agricultural income in new jersey.

it was part of the middle colonies

Answer 3

Information on New Jersey could be Demographics (race of people in an area, population, etc.), this could the history of New Jersey, famous people from New Jersey, pollution in New Jersey, and industry in New Jersey.

Answer 4

Colonial new Jersey was a very warm colony (it was very warm indeed) that was created for profit from selling. Both of the parts of New Jersey (east and west) were sold from their proprietors because not much success was being made. Even though New Jersey did offer freedom of religion, trial by jury, and representative assembly it wasn't going so swell. The representative assembly made local laws and created the tax rates.

Facts

New jersey is the 3rd state.

It was founded in 1664 by Lord John Berkely and Sir George Carteret for money from real estate profits, trading, and farming.

Geography

An important Geographic feature is it had many rivers of water to ship goods and was connected to the Atlantic Ocean to trade goods on ships.

Government

It was the first colony to ratify the Bill of Rights.

New Jersey's government had a governor.

Religion

In 1674, Lord Berkeley sold his part of new Jersey to two Quakers.

The Quakers are a religious group that was persecuted in England, and many of them moved to American. New Jersey Was divided into east and West Jersey and The Quakers moved to West Jersey.Then, Sir Carteret's widow decided to sell East Jersey. She sold it to a group of people, many of whom were Quakers. Neither East or West Jersey were very successful. they are joined together and became a royal colony ruled by the king of England.

Economy

Most of New Jersey's colonists were farmers. They grew flax, rye, wheat, corn and vegetables. People also took out small; strong ships out to sea so the could go whaling. They sold the whale's bones and oil.

Socialization

Kids when they are not working, doing chores, going to school, or attending church, play fun games such as tag, marbles, hopscotch, or hide and go seek.

"I'm From New Jersey" is the only state song that is adaptable to any municipality with a two or three syllable name.New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average.New Jersey has the highest percent urban population in the U.S. with about 90% of the people living in an urban area.In November of 1914, the New York Tribune, cooperating with Mr. Bertram Chapman Mayo (founder of Beachwood) issued an "Extra" announcing: "Subscribe to the New York Tribune and secure a lot at Beautiful Beachwood. Act at once, secure your lot in this Summer Paradise now!" This was the greatest premium offered by a newspaper - nothing equal to it was ever attempted in the United States.New Jersey is the only state where all its counties are classified as metropolitan areas.North Jersey is the car theft capital of the world, with more cars stolen in Newark then any other city. Even the 2 largest cities, NYC and LA put together.

New Jersey was a peaceful place where farmers could grow crops and sell them for a profit. Many farmers would often use the profits to buy new and valuable crops such as tobacco, indigo and rice.

New Jersey was settled by both the Dutch on the east and the Swedish along the Delaware, then was taken over by the British. Under the British it was two colonies for a while- East and West Jersey. Each "Jersey" was run by a set of Proprietors, or owners.

"The Jerseys" was a term used until after the Revolution.

NJ is considered the "Cross roads of the Revolution" and Washington's armies spent much of the war in NJ.