Want to learn how to tan hides, they had a job for you. Already are a baker but your shop burned down, they had a job for you. Vinters, brewers, carpenters, smiths if you had a skill or were willing to learn they could customize a contract for you and put you on the next outbound ship. The more menial your job skills were, the less generous was the contract for your servitude.
Everyone was taxed in colonial new york. :)
What were some contributions of Colonial New York
A celebration in colonial New York was New Years Eve. A fun thing that people did in colonial New York was go to the theater.
Colonial New York was named after the King of England's brother, the Duke of York.
education in colonial new york wasn't that important
The population in New York in colonial times was diverse.
The government of colonial New York resided in a governor and an elected assembly.
Some newspapers that existed in New York City in the 1920s were The New York Times, New York Herald Tribune, New York World, New York Evening Post, New York Daily News, and New York Sun.
The people of colonial New York drink mostly tea and water.
The first people to come to Colonial New York were the Quakers. The Quakers stopped in New York before moving on to Pennsylvania.
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Women's roles in Colonial New York were very different than their English counterparts. The women of colonial New York were Dutch and were able to work, run businesses, and own property.