New Jersey Colony — History, Facts, and Timeline
WEBOct 20, 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.
State Maps (1777, 1784) - Princeton University
WEBIn 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.
Colonial history of New Jersey - Wikipedia
WEBEuropean 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.
Map of Colonial New Jersey Rediscovered – The Map Room
WEBJan 7, 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.
Province of New Jersey - Wikipedia
WEBThe Province of New Jersey, Divided into East and West, commonly called The Jerseys, 1777 map by William Faden. The Provincial Congress of New Jersey was a transitional governing body of the Province of New Jersey in the early part of the American Revolution.
- Early Land Records, 1650-1900s - New Jersey Land Records, Colonial …
WEBBased on the joint rights granted by the Duke of York to Sir George Carteret and John, Lord Berkeley, New Jersey became a proprietary colony divided into two provinces, east and west. East Jersey’s development was tied to New York, New England, and the former Dutch colony of New Netherland.
Road Maps (1762, 1766, 1781, 1802) - Princeton University
WEBHistorical Background Maps Road Maps. For New Jersey, situated between two of the nation's most important commercial centers, Philadelphia and New York, roads were essential to its development, even after canals and railroads provided alternative modes for transporting goods.
Colonial Maps - New Jersey Colony
WEBThis map encompasses the geographical terrain of colonial New Jersey. There are mountains in the northeast region, the Appalachian Highlands, with lowlands and plains from Lake Ontario all along the Canadian Border. The eastern border consists of the Atlantic Coastal plain.
New Jersey at 350 — A Short History of Colonial New Jersey …
WEBAug 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.
WEBAfter the English reclaimed the area of New Netherlands (once again) from the Dutch, the growing colony of New Jersey was geographically apportioned between Berkeley (his successor trustees and governors) and Carteret.