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New York Colony. 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. Reasons For Being Founded. Dutch gave charter to the Dutch East India company - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
New York ColonyNew York Colony
Come to New York Come to New York the land of hot the land of hot summers and cold summers and cold winters.winters.
FounderFounder
Samuel de Samuel de ChamplainChamplain
He found New York He found New York in 1608in 1608
1609 Henry 1609 Henry Hudson claimed Hudson claimed the area as New the area as New NetherlandsNetherlands
Reasons For Being Reasons For Being FoundedFounded
Dutch gave charter Dutch gave charter to the Dutch East to the Dutch East India companyIndia company
1664 British made 1664 British made the colony the colony surrendersurrender
Changed named to Changed named to New YorkNew York
People in the colonyPeople in the colony
White settlers White settlers represented Dutch represented Dutch west India company west India company
PatroonshipPatroonship Indentured servants sIndentured servants s 1 out of 5 African 1 out of 5 African
slaves slaves Native American tribesNative American tribes
PatoonshipsPatoonships
First white from First white from Dutch West India Dutch West India CompanyCompany
The Dutch West The Dutch West India Company set India Company set up patroonships up patroonships
PatroonsPatroons
If you paid your own If you paid your own way you will receive way you will receive 50 acres of land50 acres of land
For every person For every person that you paid for, that you paid for, you got another 50 you got another 50 acresacres
One fifth of every One fifth of every person in New York person in New York was a slavewas a slave
PeoplePeople
Native American Native American tribes in the area tribes in the area around New York around New York were forced to were forced to move out an go move out an go somewhere elsesomewhere else
summersummer
The summers were The summers were hot hot
The summers had The summers had very humid daysvery humid days
winterwinter
The winters were The winters were coldcold
Winters also had Winters also had lots of snowlots of snow
landland
The land had lots The land had lots of rocks and trees of rocks and trees
If the rocks and If the rocks and trees were trees were removed it was removed it was good for farminggood for farming
The land near the The land near the cost was swampycost was swampy
farmingfarming
The people in New The people in New York grew lots of York grew lots of corncorn
They also grew They also grew wheat vegetables wheat vegetables and tobaccoand tobacco
gatheringgathering
The farmers grew The farmers grew flax for making flax for making fabric fabric
The people also The people also mined iron to sell mined iron to sell in England in England
economyeconomy The people there The people there
money by made money by made trapping animals trapping animals and selling there furand selling there fur
They also traded They also traded lumberlumber
The people of New The people of New York would also sell York would also sell slaves to make slaves to make moneymoney
ReligionsReligions
New York had New York had many religions half many religions half of the people were of the people were Catholics and the Catholics and the other half were other half were PuritansPuritans
governmentgovernment
The colony was run The colony was run the a governorthe a governor
The governor was The governor was appointed by the appointed by the king of Englandking of England
lawslaws
All of the laws were All of the laws were made by the made by the Governor and the Governor and the kingking
There was little self There was little self government in New government in New YorkYork
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