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20 Οκτ 2023 · New Jersey Colony for APUSH is defined as one of the original 13 American colonies established by European settlers during the 17th century. It began as a Proprietary Colony granted to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret in 1664, with the land eventually divided into East Jersey and West Jersey.
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 state as New Netherland and New Sweden. In 1664, the entire area, surrendered by the Dutch to England, gained its current name.
7 Ιαν 2016 · A 1769 map of New Jersey by the famed colonial surveyor Bernard Ratzer, commissioned to settle a longstanding border dispute between New Jersey and New York, has been uncovered by a Harvard University librarian. The map, criss-crossed by competing and alternate boundary lines, has been digitized and is available to view online as part of ...
In this colonial era map, New Jersey consists of twelve counties: Bergen, Burlington, Cape May, Cumberland, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Salem, Somerset, and Sussex. There is an extreme scarcity of roads in the southern part of the state, and they are virtually nonexistent along the coast.
3 ημέρες πριν · 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.
20 Αυγ 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.
9 Νοε 2009 · New Jersey’s colonial history began when Henry Hudson sailed the Newark Bay in 1609. From there, small trading colonies emerged in towns where Hoboken and Jersey City are now located....
