Start with Michael Kammen, COLONIAL NEW YORK: A HISTORY (New York, 1975) Milton M. Klein | phone: (865) 974-2806 University of Tennessee, Knoxville | email: [log in to unmask] On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Art Hawkins wrote: >Dear Sirs or Madam: > >Please help for my 8th grade Social Studies challenge: to make >a "sales" pamphlet to entice people to choose to come to New York >Colony rather than any of the other 12 colonies. > >The time frame is 1730-1750 AD. > >Information on a citizens relationship with community and colony >government might be helpful. How hard was it to start a new business >or farm. Were there incentives provided by the community to help >newcomers get started? (Example: seed for a new farmer) > >Were well-to-do colonists sought after to invest in ongoing businesses? >What were the opportunities ... successful and unsuccessful businesses? >How "modern" was the economy? Money, contracts, banking services? > >Appreciate your reply to [log in to unmask] > > > Respectfully, > > Sean Allen > >Apt 4-216 >14038 Peyton Drive >Dallas, TX 75240 >