Agenda for 2/1

1.  Best Things to Do in NYC! 

Map of NYC

2. Cool facts about NYC

• According to the 2012 census, New York City has a population of over 8 million. This represents more than one-third of the entire state's population.
• Almost half of the city's residents over the age of 5 speak a language besides English.
• The population of the entire metro New York City area is close to 12 million.
• New York City is home to more women than men. Approximately 52 percent of the residents are female.
• New York City's population is approximately 44 percent white, 25 percent African American, 28 percent Hispanic, and 12 percent Asian. People with Pacific Island or Native American heritage make up most of the remainder. These percentages add up to more than 100 percent, because many people have mixed ancestry.
• Approximately one-third of all New York City residents live at or below the poverty line.
• Approximately 6 percent of New York City residents have an income that is more than 10 times the poverty level.
• New York has approximately 50,000 homeless people.
• New York City is not very big. The entire city is approximately 300 square miles in size.
• New York City is the most densely populated major city in the United States.
• New York City is divided into five different boroughs, or neighborhoods. They are Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn and Staten Island.
• Normally home to about 1.5 million residents, Manhattan's population nearly doubles during the work week, when an additional 1.5 million commuters come to the island.

3. What did NYC look like when is was first discovered by people from Europe?

4. Middle Colonies

A. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware  

B. New York: started by the Dutch (Netherlands), taken by New York in 1664. Pennsylvania: started by Englishman Willian Penn.
 
C. The colonies had big cities where lots of trading happened. They also had farms that grew lots of grains (for bread).
 
D.

• Climate/Geography: warm summers, cold winters, land was both flat and had mountains. Land was good for farming.
• Religion: many different religions from many countries, but most were Christian. People were allowed to have different beliefs.
• Economy: Farming (grains most important), Shipping/Trading (NYC and Philadelphia). 

HW - Quiz on Middle Colonies