Exploration to Early Statehood

What Are We Going to Learn?
 Why did Europeans come to North America?
 How was New Jersey colony divided and settled?
 Why did the colonies want independence from
Britain?
 Why and how was the new Constitution written?
 How did new forms of transportation change New
Jersey?

Lesson 5 Vocabulary
 immigrant-
 A person who comes from another place to live in a country
 invention-
 Something that has been made for the first time

Lesson 5 Vocabulary
 transportation-
 Ways to move people and goods from place to place
 turnpike-
 A road that cost money to use

Lesson 5-New Inventions and
Growth
 How did new forms of transportation change New
Jersey?

Slow Travel
 People and good passed through New
Jersey everyday on their way to
Philadelphia and New York City.
 New Jersey had poor transportation though. The roads were poor and there were few bridge, so travel was slow.
 A trip across New Jersey could take 3 days!

New Jersey’s Inventors
 New inventions (things created for the first time) changed how people, goods, and ideas travel.
 1804- John Stevens, from Hoboken, built a steamboat.
 Alfred Veil- helped develop the telegraph. It could send messages instantly!

Question Time!
 How did the steamboat change travel?
 The steamboat allowed people and good to travel much faster.

New Transportation
 To improve land and water routes, NJ built bridges across the Raritan,
Passaic, and Hackensack Rivers.
 1801- NJ’s first turnpike connected
Morristown with Elizabeth. Turnpikes cost money to use (toll)

Canals
 End of 1830’s NJ had two canals.
 Morris Canal- provided a water route between the upper Delaware River and the Hudson River.
 Delaware & Raritan Canal- linked Trenton and
New Brunswick.
 Boats on the canals carried coal to factories.
 Boats also transported goods and iron ore to
Philadelphia and New York City.

Railroads
 1820s John Stevens built a steam-powered train.
 1830s the Camden and Amboy Railroad was running between the towns of Camden and Perth
Amboy.
 Now it took hours instead of days for people to travel.
 Within 30 years, New Jersey had more than 500 miles of railroad track.

Growth of Cities
 New factories opened near railroads and canals.
 Cities such as Newark and Paterson became centers for manufacturing.
 Immigrants from Europe sought jobs in New
Jersey.
 Many worked in factories, railroads, and canals
 As cities became crowded, people moved into towns in the country.
 By 1830, there were more than 320,000 people living in New
Jersey.

Question Time!
 Why did New Jersey’s cities grow?
 New Jersey’s cities grew because of improved transportation and increased manufacturing.

Vocabulary Review
1. Immigrant
2. Invention
3. Transportation
4. turnpike

Lesson Review

Important People
John Stevens
Alfted Veil

How to Read a Timeline
Why it matters:
 A Timeline shows the order in which events took place. It also shows the amount of time between events.
Seeing events in the order in which they occurred can help you understand how events are connected.
 Let’s practice! Turn to page 90