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  1. The territory was originally part of the Dutch colony of New Netherland. In 1664 James, the Duke of York, was given territory by his brother, King Charles II in New Netherland and present-day Maine. In 1664, James gave a portion of his territory to John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton, and Sir George Carteret, which became New Jersey.
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    By 1638, when the New Sweden colony began, the English, French, and Dutch had small colonies of their own in North America. New Sweden originated as an idea in the minds of a group of Dutchmen who were familiar with the Dutch colony of New Netherland in what is now New York and New Jersey.
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    Dutch settlement in the seventeenth century concentrated along the banks of the North River and the Upper New York Bay, though they maintained factories along the Delaware River as well. Although the Lenape did not recognize the European principle of land ownership, Dutch policy required formal purchase of all โ€ฆ See more

    European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson. Dutch and Swedish colonists settled parts of the present-day โ€ฆ See more

    New Sweden, founded in 1638, rose to its height under governor Johan Björnsson Printz (1643โ€“1653). Led by Printz, the settlement โ€ฆ See more

    King Charles II gave the region between New England and Maryland to his brother, the Duke of York (later King James II), which was renamed New York. Soon thereafter James โ€ฆ See more

    There are numerous extant buildings from the colonial era located throughout the state. See more

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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 โ€ฆ See more

    Italian navigator John Cabot left England in 1496 to explore North America. The English claimed that New Netherland was part of Cabot's โ€ฆ See more

    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 " See more

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  4. New Jersey Colony, History, Facts, Timeline, APUSH, 13 Colonies

  5. WEBOct 16, 2020 · Learn about the origins and development of New Jersey, a colony founded by English settlers in 1664. Discover how it became a royal colony, a battleground in the American Revolution, and a state that โ€ฆ

  6. WEBThe first permanent European settlement was established by the Dutch at Bergen (now Jersey City) in 1660. The colony was brought under English rule in 1664, although for the next nine years the Dutch disputed that claim.

  7. WEBNov 9, 2009 · Home. Topics. U.S. States. New Jersey. By: History.com Editors. Updated: January 27, 2022 | Original: November 9, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Getty Images / Yana Paskova / Stringer. One...

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  9. WEBThe New England colonies were founded to escape religious persecution in England. The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a โ€ฆ