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Nov 9, 2009 · In 1664, the Dutch lost control of New Jersey, which was part of the New Netherlands colony at the time, to the English.
Sep 15, 2020 · New Jersey began its life as part of the Dutch colony New Netherland in 1609, when English explorer Henry Hudson, under Dutch color, sailed through Newark Bay. 1 England had long asserted a claim to New Netherland based on the 1497 discoveries of John Cabot, and in March 1664, King Charles II granted his brother, James, Duke of York, a patent ...
After the Revolutionary War, many northern states rapidly passed laws to abolish slavery, but New Jersey did not abolish it until 1804, and then in a process of gradual emancipation similar to that of New York. But, in New Jersey, some Africans were enslaved as late as 1865.
Aug 20, 2014 · The earliest settlements in New Jersey date from 11,000 to 10,500 BC, with evidence of settlements forming from South to North in line with the movements of retreating glaciers. From roughly 1000 BC to 1000 AD, the native population along the interior rivers of the American continent thrived.
The new proprietors’ rights to govern and own New Jersey were challenged from the start by the Duke’s governors in New York, starting with Richard Nicolls. Nicolls had been sent to capture New Netherland and did so in September 1664. Soon afterward he began authorizing settlement in northeastern New Jersey (a.k.a. “Albania”).
Dec 18, 2018 · While the father traveled about the country, apparently selling tinware, the family lived in New London, other places in Connecticut, and in Trenton, NJ. In 1750 he settled in Princeton, NJ. There, he became a merchant and manufacturer of tin goods.
Attached are three graphs from the 2000 report from the New Jersey Data Center- New Jersey Population Trends, 1790-2000. Have your students look closely at these documents, answer questions about New Jersey, and support their answers and predictions with specific evidence from the texts (all
