Social Studies Unit 2

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Social Studies Unit 2

• Exploration to Early Statehood

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What Are We Going to Learn?

• Why did Europeans come to North America?
• How was New Jersey colony divided and settled?
• Why did the colonies want independence from
  Britain?
• Why and how was the new Constitution written?
• How did new forms of transportation change New
  Jersey?

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Lesson 5 Vocabulary

• immigrant-
• A person who comes from another place to live in
  a country
• invention-
• Something that has been made for the first time

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Lesson 5 Vocabulary

• transportation-
• Ways to move people and goods from place to place
• turnpike-
• A road that cost money to use

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Lesson 5-New Inventions and Growth

• How did new forms of transportation change New
  Jersey?

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Slow Travel

• People and good passed through New Jersey
  everyday on their way to Philadelphia and New
  York City.
• New Jersey had poor transportation though. The
  roads were poor and there were few bridge, so
  travel was slow.
• A trip across New Jersey could take 3 days!

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New Jerseys Inventors

• New inventions (things created for the first
  time) changed how people, goods, and ideas
  travel.
• 1804- John Stevens, from Hoboken, built a
  steamboat.
• Alfred Veil- helped develop the telegraph. It
  could send messages instantly!

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Question Time!

• How did the steamboat change travel?
• The steamboat allowed people and good to travel
  much faster.

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New Transportation

• To improve land and water routes, NJ built
  bridges across the Raritan, Passaic, and
  Hackensack Rivers.
• 1801- NJs first turnpike connected Morristown
  with Elizabeth. Turnpikes cost money to use
  (toll)

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Canals

• End of 1830s NJ had two canals.
• Morris Canal- provided a water route between the
  upper Delaware River and the Hudson River.
• Delaware Raritan Canal- linked Trenton and New
  Brunswick.
• Boats on the canals carried coal to factories.
• Boats also transported goods and iron ore to
  Philadelphia and New York City.

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Railroads

• 1820s John Stevens built a steam-powered train.
• 1830s the Camden and Amboy Railroad was running
  between the towns of Camden and Perth Amboy.
• Now it took hours instead of days for people to
  travel.
• Within 30 years, New Jersey had more than 500
  miles of railroad track.

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Growth of Cities

• New factories opened near railroads and canals.
• Cities such as Newark and Paterson became centers
  for manufacturing.
• Immigrants from Europe sought jobs in New Jersey.
• Many worked in factories, railroads, and canals
• As cities became crowded, people moved into towns
  in the country.
• By 1830, there were more than 320,000 people
  living in New Jersey.

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Question Time!

• Why did New Jerseys cities grow?
• New Jerseys cities grew because of improved
  transportation and increased manufacturing.

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Vocabulary Review

• Immigrant
• Invention
• Transportation
• turnpike

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Lesson Review
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Important People
John Stevens Alfted Veil
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How to Read a Timeline

• Why it matters
• A Timeline shows the order in which events took
  place. It also shows the amount of time between
  events. Seeing events in the order in which they
  occurred can help you understand how events are
  connected.
• Lets practice! Turn to page 90