New York Colony

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New York Colony

• Come to New York the land of hot summers and cold
  winters.

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Founder

• Samuel de Champlain
• He found New York in 1608
• 1609 Henry Hudson claimed the area as New
  Netherlands

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Reasons For Being Founded

• Dutch gave charter to the Dutch East India
  company
• 1664 British made the colony surrender
• Changed named to New York

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People in the colony

• White settlers represented Dutch west India
  company
• Patroonship
• Indentured servants s
• 1 out of 5 African slaves
• Native American tribes

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Patoonships

• First white from Dutch West India Company
• The Dutch West India Company set up patroonships

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Patroons

• If you paid your own way you will receive 50
  acres of land
• For every person that you paid for, you got
  another 50 acres
• One fifth of every person in New York was a slave

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People

• Native American tribes in the area around New
  York were forced to move out an go somewhere else

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summer

• The summers were hot
• The summers had very humid days

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winter

• The winters were cold
• Winters also had lots of snow

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land

• The land had lots of rocks and trees
• If the rocks and trees were removed it was good
  for farming
• The land near the cost was swampy

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farming

• The people in New York grew lots of corn
• They also grew wheat vegetables and tobacco

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gathering

• The farmers grew flax for making fabric
• The people also mined iron to sell in England

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economy

• The people there money by made trapping animals
  and selling there fur
• They also traded lumber
• The people of New York would also sell slaves to
  make money

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Religions

• New York had many religions half of the people
  were Catholics and the other half were Puritans

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government

• The colony was run the a governor
• The governor was appointed by the king of England

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laws

• All of the laws were made by the Governor and the
  king
• There was little self government in New York

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Credits

• This presentation was made by
• Sulia
• Adri
• and Adam
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