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Colonial history of New Jersey

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in 1676. This set out a structure of government and a legal framework. It was signed by 31 signatories in America and 150 more in Great Britain. Although never fully enacted, a number of its elements subsequently became core features of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights. The political division
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was appointed by the two proprietors as the first governor of New Jersey. Philip Carteret designated Bergen as the first capital of the colony. However, it became difficult for the two proprietors to collect the quitrents. As a result, on March 18, 1673, Berkeley sold his share of New Jersey to two
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The original people of the region of some 13,000 years left behind advanced hunting implements such as bows and arrows and evidence of an agricultural society. The region has probably been continually inhabited from that time as other tribes migrated to the area. At the time of the European
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On the northeast corner of Bergen Square stands P.S. 11 (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. School). In 1664 the first schoolhouse was built on this lot. From 1790 to 1857 the Columbia Academy stood here until it was replaced by the first of three public
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and under threat of attack, forced the provisional surrender of the colony by the Dutch. The English received little resistance due to West India Company's decision not to garrison the colony. Nicolls took the position of deputy-governor of
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Italian navigator John Cabot left England in 1496 to explore North America. The English claimed that New Netherland was part of Cabot's discoveries, prior to Hudson. Insisting that
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The original West and East New Jersey provinces, highlighted in yellow and green, respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay line is shown in orange.
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Within six years, the nations were again at war, and in August 1673 the Dutch recaptured New Netherland with a fleet of 21 ships. Nevertheless, in November 1674, the Dutch
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did not recognize the European principle of land ownership, Dutch policy required formal purchase of all land settled. The settlement grew slowly, impeded by
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The two proprietors of New Jersey attempted to entice more settlers to move to New Jersey by granting sections of lands to settlers and by passing the
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given to the different groups by the colonizing population were taken from geographic names of Original Peoples' settlements that included the
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In 1804, New Jersey enacted a law providing for the gradual abolition of slavery. With the passage of this law, all states north of the "
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New Jersey Tricentennial Flag, which was designed in 1964 to mark the 300th anniversary of the creation of the Province of New Jersey
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was settled by Quakers who established congregations and founded towns throughout colonial-era New Jersey, including the eponymous
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first settled in what is now Monmouth County as early as 1664. They established the first Quaker meeting in Shrewsbury, now
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colonists. The important role earned it the titles of "Crossroads of the Revolution" and the "Capital of the Revolution".
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to take over the area. In September 1664, an English fleet under the command of Richard Nicolls sailed into what is now
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had been the first to discover North America, the English granted the land that now encompasses New Jersey, who ordered
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to resolve the dispute without having to resort to court (as Quakers tried to resolve such issues among themselves).
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and their descendants spread across East Jersey and established many of the towns and cities which exist today. The
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and the rest of New Netherland, guaranteeing colonists' property rights, laws of inheritance, and the enjoyment of
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the stupid Colony that Shaped America
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between the two colonies existed for the 26 years between 1678 and 1712. Determination of an exact location for a
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Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Colony that Shaped America
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In 1664, the entire area, surrendered by the Dutch to England, gained its current name. With the
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The border between the two sides reached the Atlantic Ocean to the north of Atlantic City. The
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there was no such religious freedom. In return for land, settlers paid annual fees known as
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were founded as part of the colony. In 1655, the Dutch asserted control over the territory.
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There are numerous extant buildings from the colonial era located throughout the state.
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Counties, reaching upward to a point on the Delaware River which is just north of the
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Arthur Zilversmit, "Liberty and Property: New Jersey and the Abolition of Slavery,"
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De Nieuwe Wereld van Peter Stuyvesant: Nederlandse voetsporen in de Verenigde Staten
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There has been a school at the northeast corner of Bergen Square since 1664. See
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The oldest continuously used school site in the state was established in 1664 at
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The relative location of the New Netherland and New Sweden colonies in modern-day
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Dutch settlement in the seventeenth century concentrated along the banks of the
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Schaff, Philip; The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge
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Streissguth, Thomas (2002). (New Jersey. San Diego: Lucent Books, Inc.)
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were founded in the Province. In 1746, The College of New Jersey (now
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played an important role this expansion Following the course of the
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New Jersey was very diverse religiously during the colonial period.
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started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by
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was often a matter of dispute, as was the border with New York.
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Oldest Quaker Meeting House in New Jersey, Seaville, New Jersey
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concluded the war and ceded New Netherland to the English.
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between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing
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in the south, settlement and population grew along what
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Many major battles were fought in New Jersey during the
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Upper Meeting House of the Baptist Church of Middletown
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as professor of theology marked the beginning of the
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to two friends who had been loyal to him through the
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Representatives from New Jersey participated in the
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colonists settled parts of the present-day state as
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C. A. Nothnagle Log House
Finnish
Swedish
New Sweden
Swedesboro, New Jersey
log houses
Henry Hudson
Dutch
Swedish
New Netherland
New Sweden
Treaty of Westminster in 1674
American Revolution
Lenape
Great Trail
Lenape Trail
Minisink Archeological Site
Abbott Farm Historic District
Lenape
Scheyichbi
Unami language
lower Hudson River
Delaware River
U.S. state
exonyms
Hackensack tribe
Tappan tribe
Acquackanonk tribe
Raritan tribe

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