In general, it is much the same as it is today except maybe a bit cooler. But it was warm enough to grow crops, with good soil and all four seasons See the related question for the current climate.
The climate of colonial new jersey was (without quotes):.
It was much the same as today, though a little colder because this region was still coming out of the Little Ice Age during part of the Colonial Period. Refer to the related question for New Hampshire's climate today.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.