New+Jersey

 || http://landofthebrave.info/new-jersey-colony.htm http://quizlet.com/1265376/13-colonies-and-their-reasons-for-founding-flash-cards/ || The Founders of New Jersey ||
 * Date Founded || 1664 ||
 * Founded By: || Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. They were English explorers ||
 * Purpose of colony(Reason for founding the colony) || Founded for farming and trade. ||
 * Type of Colony || Middle ||
 * Primary Economic Activities || Referred to as the "breadbasket" colony. Grew many crops, especially wheat. The wheat was then ground to flour in flour mills and shipped off to England. Farms ranged from 50-150 acres, consisting of bar, feilds, yard, and a house. ||
 * Major Events/People/Key Ideas || New Jersey was named after the Isle of Jersey. The founders Berkeley and Carteret also allowed the settlers to have political freedom and no taxes. Berkeley and Carteret each controlled half of the colony. In 1676 the colony was divided between Carteret and a company of English Quakers who had obtained the rights belonging to Berkeley.
 * Date it became a Royal Colony || 1702 ||
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 * Pictures: || [[image:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Lord_Berkeley_and_Carteret_combination_image.jpg/220px-Lord_Berkeley_and_Carteret_combination_image.jpg width="228" height="172"]]

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