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Colony of NY

We are going to show you about New York Colony. We are going to show you about there leader,how they survived, how they do stuff and the importance of New York Colony. We are also going to show you how they worked during those days.

Leaders- We are going to show you about there leaders. In 1626 the colony's first governor was Peter Minuit. He bought Manhattan Island from Indians in 1626. He got recalled by the Dutch west India Company in 1631 for giving to many previliges to the patroons.The first person to live in New York AKA:New Asterdam, were the Algonquians and the Iroquis indians. The Iroquis and Algonquians are part of Native Americans. Europeans amd Indians were the first people to live in New York Colony. The Native Americans were the second people to live in New York Colony. They got the name New York from the Duke of york. They named it like that because Peter Minuit was the Duke. Peter Minuit got the name New york from him self. In 1664 the population was 7,000. In 1670 the population was 11,000. In 1700 the population was 20,000. In 1725 the population was 40,564. In 1749 the population was 73,448. In 1771 the population was 168,007.

Surviving- Were showing you how they survived.They use wampums that was made out of seashell beads. The lenape use wampum in ceremonies as gifts and as money. During the 1700's colnists made wampums for themselves for use in the fur trade with Great Plains and north west indians. Some colonists worked as inventured servants. These people did not have enough money to come to the colonies. They agreed to work for someone who could pay there trip. After four to seven years they were free to work for themselves. There were very few free schools in the town for the children who could afford to attend, six days a week. There was only one teacher and they all had to stay in the same room. The people had accidents with machines. The people start working at 6:00am. They have a break at noon. At 6:00pm they go home to eat. At 8:00pm they go to sleep. They worked at a factory. They got payed $2 dollars each week. The families had to pay for the rent and food. Long houses were built of timber and sod with sloping roofs to shed rain and snow. The wigwams got destroyed when it was bad weather. The wigwams were just made out of hides and reeds. The indians planted crops and when they grew they took them out and ate the crops. The crops that they ate were squash,maize,beans and pumpkins. They also ate tomatoes and much more that growed from the dirt. All the americans only ate seeds that growed vegetables.When they were thirsty they walked miles to the river.

How they did stuff- Were going to show you about how colonists did their stuff. They fightedHow they do stuff- Were going to show you about how colonists did there stuff. They fighted for slavery and there country. They didn't want the british to have New Amsterdam. Apperantly they were not prepared but they won. New York got special from it's skylines,cultral life of museums,concert halls,broadway theathers and galleries. It was so special because it had so many places that they did not have back then. City Homes di not have rooms for gardens. They couldn't raise animals for meat. Trains and carts brought farms to markets in the city. The only thing they brought to the city were seeds to harvest, they brought seeds and pumpkin seeds also. They traveld by canoes,half moon and ships. Some went walking and some went on camels. Some people even went canoes made out of leaves.

The Importance of New York Colony- We are going to show you important things of New York Colony. Back then they did not have cars they had horses and for them to travel they went on canoes instead of airplanes. They didn't have houses like today they had wigwams and longhouses. They don't have beds like we do now they slept in the floor and the floor was actually sand. Some floors were sand and some were concrete. They had to go far to get water they didn't have sinks or filters like we have today. Settlers sailed on boats to the river to carry goods to markets. It took miles from their houses to the river. Because their houses were in dry places and the river was close to log houses. We hope you learned alot about their leaders, how they survived,how they did stuff and the importance of New York Colony. To learn more visit the local Library and look up the book The New York Colony By: Martin Huntiz