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- On June 24, 1664, James, Duke of York, granted Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, ownership of a swath of land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. The charter referred to these lands as “New Jersey” in honor of Carteret’s defense of the English Channel island of Jersey during the English Civil War.
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The first people to live on the land now known as New Jersey were the Delaware Indians. They lived here starting at least 10,000 years ago. Anywhere from 8,000 to 20,000 Delaware Indians lived in the area when the first Europeans arrived. Their name means "original people" or "genuine people."
New Jersey is named after the English Channel island of Jersey The Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden. From the colony of New Netherland, the Dutch interfered with Britain's transatlantic trade with its North American colonies.
Apr 30, 2024 · How Did New Jersey Get Its Name? 24/7 Tempo released a report explaining how all 50 states got their name, and believe it or not New Jersey is named after an island near England.
May 9, 2024 · Although New Jersey does technically have its origins with a Dutch population, it would not be long before the British arrived and with them, New Jersey’s newest moniker. In 1664, the British officially took control of this territory and absorbed the region as one of its colonies.
Nov 9, 2009 · In 1790, Trenton officially became the state capital of New Jersey, and William Livingston became its first state governor.
May 29, 2018 · It is believed that over 100 million years ago, during the Jurassic Period, New Jersey adjoined North Africa. The collision of the African and the North American plate forming the Appalachian Mountains whose surrounding regions were covered in glacier.
In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to reach New Jersey. Almost a century passed before colonization began with the arrival in 1609 of the English navigator Henry Hudson, who sent a party to explore Sandy Hook Bay.
