Amanda

Colony was founded because leader of The New York colony gave Berkly and Carteret a pice of New York. the area of new jersey was inhabited by native americans for more than 2,800 years with tribes such as the lenape inhabeting areas along the coast.
 * New Jersey colony was founded in 1660 by Lord Berkly and Sir Carteret
 * The leader of New York is very important because he gave the men a pice of new york.

 This is an origanal new jersey house. This house is the type of house all the people used in the colony. 
 * Mainly trees, rivers and mountains.
 * New Jersey was origanly a Dutch setlment by the name of New Netherlands in 1623.
 * In1787 New Jersey became a state and ratified the constitution.
 * Indians that lived in New Jersey were Lenape (or ordinary people).
 * The Lenape used bear fat to make a lotion that protecected them from sunburn and bugbites.

