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New Jersey was a combined area of West Jersey and East Jersey. John Berkeley previously owned the west and George Carteret previously owned the East. In New Jersey, everyone is allowed free will and a large portion of land.

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The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey.

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The agricultural focus dominated New Jersey through the 1700s as basic road networks developed further, connecting villages. Roads were built to Philadelphia and to New York. Some early manufacturing emerged, due to the area’s natural resources that it contained. There are many working opportunities in New Jersey.

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New Jersey did not follow one religion and allowed religious freedom and assembly for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans and Jews to attract settlers.

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In 1662 the Dutch founded the first Reformed Church in their state.

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Immigrants from other colonies
Attracted by fertile land, religious freedom, and generous land offers.

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Colonists manufactured iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, locks, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England.

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-American  Indians had inhabited the New Jersey area since sometime before 6000 B. C. So when the Englishmen arrived they initially formed a strained relationship with the Lenni Lenape Tribe. This short-lived partnership allowed for successful trades incorporating fur, food, and agreements towards land. However, things drastically changed in 1643 when the Dutch forced the Lenape onto barren and desolate reservations. In an effort to fight back, the Lenape tribe began a war with the Dutch, lasting from 1643-1645. As a result of this war the Dutch colonists raided the villages killing women and children.

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The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that caused fertile soil, which allowed for better farming and agriculture. Many farmers and manufacturing workers were needed in New Jersey.

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The population of New Jersey around the 1670s was 10,000 people.

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The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settleters in New Jersey.

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- The population mainly consisted of white males and females above the age of 16. It also included a lot less male and female slaves above the age of 16. There was a large wealth gap between the rich “gentlemen” settlers and their slaves.

- Settlers emigrated due to the religious freedom and to buy land offered at bargain prices

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New Jersey was a proprietary middle colony founded in 1664 by Sir George Carteret. There are mountains to the West and the coast of the Atlantic Ocean to the East.

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Depiction of the Lenape attack after friendship with the Dutch ended