Most of the settlers in New Jersey colonial times were farmers. They traded with the Indians for fur and game, and otherwise tended their farms.
The farms produced corn, wheat, rye, apples, pears, potatoes, squash, various vegetables and beans. Whisky was produced in enormous quantities - about 4 gallons per colonist annually. Along the coast, fishing and trade were important.
NJ always enjoyed a great degree of religious freedom, and the colonists rebelled whenever some officious governor such as Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant, who tried to limit religious freedom by suppressing the Quakers. As a result, the Dutch had no friends or support from the colonists when the British wanted to take over.
NJ also had the not-so-commendable distinction of not enforcing its laws against dueling. Consequently, gentlemen from New Amsterdam/New York would row across the Hudson to try to kill each other.
2007-03-30 14:52:19
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answered by Prof. Cochise 7
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In colonial times New Jersey produced:
-Fine silver
-Muskets
-Corn
-Wheat
-Rye
2007-04-01 23:47:24
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answered by Santa Barbara 7
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