COLONY OF NEW YORK

By Alex Tangas and Hailey Palm

GEOGRAPHY/LOCATION

Hot, humid summers, and bitterly cold windy

winters with lots of snow made up new York’s

climate. It is located along the Atlantic Ocean in

the Middle Colonies. Its geography is made up

of mountains, plains, and hills. A river called the

Hudson River runs through New York.

REASONS FOR COLONIZATION

The New York colonies colonized because they were

competing for wealth. England followed an economic

policy called mercantilism, which is trying to gain

wealth by controlling your trade and establishing

colonies. The colonies made money for England by

giving resources to their industries. England turned

the resources into goods that they could sell to other

countries and to its own colonies.

FOUNDER

The New York Colony was founded by

the Dutch but discovered and colonized

by Henry Hudson, which is why the

river that runs through New York is

called the Hudson River.

DATE

The New York colonies were founded in

September 1609 by Henry Hudson and

the Dutch.

ECONOMIC STRUCTURE

•Agriculture

•Fur

•Shipping and Ship Building

•The Slave Trade

•Many other opportunities

RELIGION

• There was a multitude of different religions

• The Most predominant were:

• Quaker

• Jewish

• Catholic

• Lutherans

• Presbyterians

CIVICS

• New York was named a Royal Colony by 1775

• People came to New York to avoid being punished

for their religion.

HOW NEW YORK STARTED

* Started as New Amsterdam, but the governor Peter

Stuyvesant surrendered when the Duke of York tried

to take over the land.

No one really liked Stuyvesant, so he had no

choice but to have his colony overthrown.

He was a very good leader, but extremely

disliked.

Positives Free of religion discrimination because

they could practice any religion of

their choosing. Anybody saying

anything negative about anyone else’s

religion would be fined.

Lots of job opportunities

Lots of resources for building homes

Fertile soil

PROS AND CONS

Negatives Conflicts with the Natives

Didn’t have experience with the

geography and wilderness, so they had

some difficulty

Harsh winters caused disease

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