Transcript New York Colony

New York Colony
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Come to New York
the land of hot
summers and cold
winters.
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
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Native American
tribes in the area
around New York
were forced to move
out an go somewhere
else
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
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New York had many
religions half of the
people were Catholics
and the other half
were Puritans
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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