Youve only been living in north america for a short time and are. New jersey historical laws, constitutions and charters. Therefore, the duke of york gave the land of new jersey to two of his friends. The powers of the state are vested by the constitution of new jersey, enacted in 1947, in a bicameral state legislature consisting of the general assembly and senate, the governor, and the state courts, headed the new jersey supreme court. The death rate was very high among those who arrived first, and some early. Colonial new jersey had a proprietary type of government. However, it is not until 1660 that the first permanent european settlement of bergen was created. These colonies belonged to the british empire and were founded during the 17th and 18th centuries. James r arnold a detailed look at the formation of the colony of new jersey, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1664 and an epilogue on new jersey today. Celebrating new jerseys 350 th anniversary with a look at the history of the colony of nova c.
In this series, young readers will learn about colonial life, plus the important events that lead to revolution and statehood. In 1664, england took control of land that is now new jersey. The new jersey governorship dates back to the mid17th century. The united states of america started out as original colonies.
In 1640, a swedish community was created in presentday new jersey on the delaware river. The official web site for the state of new jersey history. Part of southwestern new jersey was settled by the swedes by the mid17th century. A proprietary colony was chartered to a person or several people who were entitled to rule the land with utmost authority. With this sale, new jersey was divided into east jersey and west jersey, two distinct provinces of the proprietary colony. The dutch west india company gave michael pauw a patroonship in new jersey. The proprietors had the power to appoint the governor of the colony. Located in the heart of the bustling atlantic corridor and.
Led by printz, the settlement extended north from fort christina on both sides of the delaware river. A short history of new jersey governors of new jersey 16641974 genealogical society of new jersey historic trust nj historical commission. A brief history of the colony of new jersey, 16641738. The area that would later be new jersey was part of new netherland. A documentary history new jerseys revolutionary experience. History of the jersey settlement from history of wautauga county. John berkeley and george carteret were named proprietors of the colony. One of the original colonies, new jersey was an important battleground during the american revolution. For many years, new jersey shared a royal governor with new york.
The new jersey colonial conveyances west jersey history. The official web site for the state of new jersey a. The colonists had to make their own clothes, grow their own food, build their own houses and live by ways set by their english landlords. Municipalities by county in new jersey new jersey constitutional convention proceedings 1947 new jersey in the american revolution, 17631783. As a result, new jersey was more ethnically diverse than many other colonies.
Primarily a rural society, the colony grew to have about 100,000 people. The government of the state of new jersey is separated into three distinct branches. According to the us census bureau, from 2010 through 20, new jerseys asian population rose the mostby 9. Imagine is the year 1670, and youre living in the colonies the colony of new jersey, to be exact.
Greene, baptist missionary to china, we learn that about the middle of the eighteenth century a colony moved from new jersey and settled in rowan county, north carolina. He is the author of the everything american presidents book and colonial life. The government of new jersey had some stunning policies. Eventually, governing power was transferred back to england. Printz helped to improve the military and commercial status of the colony by constructing fort nya elfsborg. The political division existed for the 26 years between 1678 and 1712. The story of how it came to be begins during the run up to the bicentennial in 1976 when the east jersey proprieters decided that a good project for the times would be to type all the data from the. Life in america was much different when the first europeans arrived to colonize the strange, new land. Determination of an exact location for a border between west jersey and east jersey was often a matter of dispute, as was the border with new york the border between the two sides reached the atlantic. What type of government did colonial new jersey have. Nj governors the history of the governorship new jersey. History and development of the jersey settlement, nc. The colonial conveyances is a listing, with some notes, of every deed recorded in new jersey between 1660 and 1780. New sweden, founded in 1638, rose to its height under governor johan bjornsson printz 164353.
However, they were soon overrun by the british colonists who divided the land in half. Colony of new jersey a brief history new jersey was so named, in 1664, at the time of its conquest by the english from the dutch, in honor of sir george carteret, who had been governor of the isle of jersey, in the british channel, and to whom, with lord berkley, the duke of york conveyed the territory. Morgans history of the new jersey conference of the a. From a sketch of the greene family of watauga, by the late rev. First, new jersey was broken off of new york, a massive land mass that was much too big for one man to govern.
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