1. By Ashley Thompson and Mason White
New York
By Ashley Thompson and Mason White

2. Was New York a success or a failure?
Good education
Good trading

3. When was New York established?
1626

4. Why was New York established?
Established because Europeans were
Fleeing from religious and political prosecution
Trying to gain better land and trade

5. Who (founder or land owner) established New York?
Established by Peter Minuit
Peter Minuit, establisher of New Netherland/New York, is a Dutch-American. He is best known for purchasing Manhattan fromt the Native Americans in 1626.

6. How the colony made money
Produced or exported
Fur
Timber
Cattle
Horses
Beer
Fine flour
Flax
Iron bars

7. The New York Colonists Who made up the colonists?
Dutch people, Native Americans, and Africans (mostly Dutch)
Both poor and rich, men and women

8. What form of government did the New Yorkers establish in the colony themselves?
Town-country system of local government

9. What region did New York become associated with?
Middle region

10. Map of New York

11. Flag of the colony
the flag was originally the national flag of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is the oldest tricolour flag still in use

12. Geography and climate of New York
Moutains in northeast
lowlands near canadian border
Atlantic coastal plain
Climate:
Mild with warm summers
Average winter

13. Overall religious practices of New Yorkers
Quaker
Lutheran
Anglican
Catholic
Judaism

14. Food in New York Bread Vegetables Fruit
Animal products (sheep, cows, pigs, and goats)

15. Education in New York Education for both rich and poor
Taught basics as well as proper values and good manners

16. What did colonists do for fun?
Roll hoops
Play leapfrog
Jump rope
Card games
Dice
Nine-pins (bowling)

17. Interesting facts about New York
Babies weren’t born in hospitals, born at home
Big on fur trade
Paid with fur or shell beads