New Jersey was originally settled in 1623 by the Dutch and later granted to Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley in 1664. It was divided into East and West Jersey in 1676 and finally ratified the US Constitution in 1787, becoming the third state. Colonial life in New Jersey revolved around heavy farming with little concern for government. Settlers had good relations with local Native Americans and Puritan religious values were important. Entertainment was less emphasized than work.

1. New Jersey By: Kira Oppici Zach Freed

2. Origins New Jersey was originally settled in 1623 New Jersey was settled by the Dutch In 1664 the Duke of York made a proprietary grant to Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of the land between the Hudson and the Delaware River Carteret and Berkeley bribed settlers to come in by promising them freedom of religion They intended to make great profit from the real estate of this land They named this state New Jersey for the governor Carteret, who governed the Isle of Jersey

3. Continued.. Due to constant disturbances between Carteret and his settlers the land was sold to John Fenwick and Edward Byllynge in 163 for 5,000 dollars However, shortly after due to bankruptcy the land was passed down to William Penn In 1676 the land divided into two parts East New Jersey remained land owned by Carteret and the Quakers Finally in 1787 New Jersey was the third state to ratify the constitution In the late 70’s when Edmund Andros was governor of New York he tried to take over New Jersey and imprisoned Carteret Judges decided Andros had no right to do this and since New Jersey has been governed on its own

4. Philip Carteret

5. Social Aspects New Jersey consisted of of very heavy farming The New Jersey settlers did not concern themselves much with government matters but instead kept constantly trying to better their farming skills New Jersey had a very friendly relationship with the Indians There were no Indian wars in the settlement and the settlers from New Jersey profited from good trade relations with the Indians

6. New Jersey Colonial Currency Front Reverse

7. Values As many colonial people the settlers of New Jersey placed many of their values on their religion, which was Puritan for most of the settlers in this state The wives of the families were also in charge of taking care of the men and the families, they would do things like: -cleaning -cooking -making sausages after the pig slaughtering -making clothing for the family -making soap during the spring -home schooling the children

8. Entertainment While there was entertainment in colonial New Jersey it was not as important to settlers than as it is to us now People mainly spent most of their time working Children today do not usually work however, people at during colonial times worked often with their family There was forms of entertainment though, people played games and there’s talk of a game with a ball and a stick The most common sport during the colonial period in New Jersey and New England was horse racing

9. New Jersey State Flag

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11. Bibliography http://www.usahistory.info/colonies/New-Jersey.html http://www.privateermedia.com/Publishing/nj.htm http://www.suite101.com/content/colonial-america-sports-timeline-a109051 http://www.iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu/html/colonialwoman.htm