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 * ​New York**

**Slogan:** New York is your heaven on earth.

**Who founded New York?** New York was founded by the Netherlands and was first called New Netherlands. Since the Dutch owned the big land of New Netherlands, Dutch official gave rich families miles of land. Those land owners were called patroons. In return for their wonderful gift, they promised to settle the minimum of fifty European farm families. Anybody was allowed to buy land in New Netherlands. In 1664, a war started in Europe by the rivalry between England and the Netherlands for trade and the colonies.England took over and King Charles the second, England's king at that time, gave New Netherlands to his brother, the Duke of York. He renamed New Netherlands to New York in honor of the Duke of York, so it became New York.

The land in New York is rich and fertile. The winters are mild and the growing seasons last long. Here in New York, we get the perfect amount of rain and sunshine for farming. Since there is pleasant soil, here in New York, it is easy to grow crops, so there are many cash crop made from surpluses. The more the cash crops, the more the money. Those extra crops were sold on world market for money. This colony has so much grain! That's why we're known to be one of the breadbasket colonies. Here in New York, we have big farms and we farm daily, so we never run out of food!
 * New York has many helpful resources. They have....... **
 * Cattle
 * Lumber
 * Iron
 * Grain
 * Rum
 * Fur[[image:new_york_4.jpg width="220" height="147" align="right"]]
 * What's the land like in New York **

There are a few risks you should know about in New York.There are some Indians right outside of the cities. They can be hard to negotiate with, but they can be friendly. They can also be a good source for trade. They have many great goods, but the most wanted good is fur. Once you have fur, people from all over the world will come and your success will rise to the top! There are also pirates that come and go sometimes. We buy many goods at a very cheap price that are stolen from the ships of England's enemies. They give our governor, Benjamin Fletcher, spectacular gifts like gold and silver. The fierce British pirate captain, Captain Edward Teach, was known by the name of Pirate Blackbeard. The pirates around here are surprisingly kind and friendly to us. We have many trading sources from nature and their cultures.
 * [[image:new_york_6.jpg width="294" height="213" align="left" caption="Colonists Trading With The Indains"]] Are t here  any ** **risks?**


 * New York has many duties to keep you occupied. You can be....... **
 * A farmer-Plants and harvest crops to sell
 * A minister-A priest that talks in the church
 * An artisan-Creates paintings, sculptures, etc. to sell.
 * A merchant- A trader.
 * A fisherman- Fishes sea creatures in coastal waters.
 * A sailor- Sails to different lands to trade goods, ideas, practices, etc.
 * A shipbuilder-Builds ships for the sailors.
 * A tavern keeper- Should be a good man and should be a chief man, schoolmaster, leader of the chorus in the church, a town council member, land agent and surveyor. He wasn't allowed to sell beverages to people.
 * An iron worker-Someone who works with iron to make items.

**Kids can have the time of their lives in New York, because there is so much to do**.
 * Bowling
 * Horse racing
 * Skating
 * Sleighing
 * Tennis
 * And many more games and sports to keep your kids having fun and busy. [[image:new_york_98.jpg width="247" height="300" align="right" caption="Settiling In New York"]]

**Is New York's future looking bright?** Our colony has a huge future coming up, that you can live in if you move here now. New York is growing by the minute so hurry up, before we run out of space. We are predicting a huge success. New York is in a great location and there are big amounts of space which will become beautiful cities and cute towns. It is also a great location, by the water, which will grantee a lot of riches and great trade routes. Since New York is already a huge success, it is sure it be more successful than most other colony. Can't you just imagine in a few years your colony being the most desired place to live, see, work, and explore?

**Here are quotes from some people who live in New York and LOVE it.** "The land is good and fruitful in everything" //early colonist// "We are much gratified on arriving in this country: here we found bubbling fountains, beautiful rivers, flowing valleys, basins of running waters in the flatland, agreeable fruits in the woods..... considerably fish in the rivers, good tillage land..." //one of the first colonists.//

** There are many cool and exciting facts about New York like some of these... ** - The first people to come here came on a boat called the //Cresent// - Henry Hudson discovered one of our most famous rivers - We successfully traded with the Native Americans who live here peace fully - The Duke of York founded New York - There are two beautiful is islands off the main land (one of them is shown below)
 * - Population-12,000 people



Work Cited: **  Frandin Dennis B. //The New York Colony // [|**http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/13210-colonial-america-] [|colonial-life-video.htm**] [|http://www.celebrateboston.com/history][|/period02/p0207newyork.htm]** [] ** [|**http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/ushistory] [|/13colonies2.htm**]** [] ** Stoff, David Scoff, David //The American Nation Prentence Hall //