New Jersey
Date Found
The colony of New Jersey was founded by Dutch explorers who colonized the area, then in 1664 a fleet of ships under the control of Colonel Richards Nicolls defeated the Dutch, thus annexing the land for England, the English then became the dominant owners and leaders of the area.
Significant Leaders
In 1664 Colonel Richard Nicolls lead a fleet of English ships into the port of New Jersey, where Fort Amsterdam was, the English fleet took control of the fort and its surrounding area, giving the control of these lands to the country of England.
Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury was the first man to govern the colony under its new status of a royal colony. Edwards’s inefficiency and corrupt nature lead him to be a unsuitable governor for an English colony so he was deported back to England, Judge Lewis Morris became governor in 1738 after showing his motivation for a better colony by leading the trial against the corrupt Lord Cornbury.
Edward Hyde, Lord Cornbury was the first man to govern the colony under its new status of a royal colony. Edwards’s inefficiency and corrupt nature lead him to be a unsuitable governor for an English colony so he was deported back to England, Judge Lewis Morris became governor in 1738 after showing his motivation for a better colony by leading the trial against the corrupt Lord Cornbury.
Reasons colony was found
The colony of New Jersey was founded based on the ideal of mercantilism that was popular amongst the figure heads of the world powers of that time, they sought out to expand their territory past there own borders in order to increase profits and cash flow. In order to keep areas of the New World under their control, the English sent their navy to annex Fort Amsterdam for Monarchy.
Religion/Political views/ System of government
Since
the state's inception, New Jersey has been characterized by ethnic and
religious diversity. New England Congregationalists settled alongside
Scots Presbyterians and Dutch
Reformed
migrants. New Jersey had a democratic style of government where a corrupt or
unjust leader could be overthrown."
Economic base/major industry
- New Jersey was offten called the breadbasket colonie because they grew many crops, expecialy wheet.
- The typical farm in New Jersey was 50 to 150 acres.
- New Jerseys natural resourses where: good farm land, timber, furs, coals and most importantly iron ore
- New Jersey manufactured many iron ore products due to there access to iron ore mines. They manufactured plows, tools, kettles, locks, nails, and large blocks of iron which they shipped to England
- New Jerseys major industries where: exporting agricultural products and natural resourses such as cattle, grain, rice, and wheat
Society/Culture
Many of the immigrants joined the New Jersey colony as indentured servants, they worked for a fixed amount of years and then received compensation. Many English people became indentured servants because of bad conditions in England less people where becoming indentured servants. New Jersey colonists then started to import more Africans as slaves.
Demographics/population characteristics
- The majority of the New Jersey population where farmers and miners due to the natural resources.
- Many African slaves and indentured slaves as workers for the mines and farms
Misscellaneous
- New Jersey was once split up into 2 –East and West New Jersey and they were both run by two different owners
- During the revolution New Jersey was “the cross roads” for the army’s and almost 100 battles where held in New Jersey
- New Jersey was known as “the crossroads of the revolution” and the “capital of the revolution”