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  2. Colonial history of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The original West and East New Jersey provinces, highlighted in yellow and green, respectively. The Keith Line is shown in red, and the Coxe and Barclay line is shown in orange. With this sale, New Jersey was divided into East Jersey and West Jersey, two distinct provinces of the proprietary colony. [17]

  3. List of colonial governors of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    During this time, the colonial government provided generous monetary rewards to colonists who killed Indians, established a line of fortifications in the Minisink (i.e., the upper valley of the Delaware River), and mustered military units (the New Jersey Frontier Guard and 1st New Jersey Regiment) to defend this frontier and carry out punitive ...

  4. Province of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    The Province of New Jersey was one of the Middle Colonies of Colonial America and became the U.S. state of New Jersey in 1776. The province had originally been settled by Europeans as part of New Netherland but came under English rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam in 1664, becoming a proprietary colony.

  5. History of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    Paleo-Indians first settled in the area of present-day New Jersey after the Wisconsin Glacier melted around 13,000 B.C. The Zierdt site in Montague, Sussex County and the Plenge site along the Musconetcong River in Franklin Township, Warren County, as well as the Dutchess Cave in Orange County, New York, represent camp sites of Paleo-Indians.

  6. Category:Colonial governors of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    This category includes those individuals who served as Governor of New Jersey before 1776, or those who served as governor of either East Jersey or West Jersey before the two were combined in 1702 to form New Jersey.

  7. New Jersey Provincial Council - Wikipedia

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    Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey, a royal colony, establishing a new system of government. The instructions from Queen Anne to Viscount Cornbury, the first royal governor of New Jersey, outlined a fusion of powers system, which allowed for an overlap of executive, legislative and judicial authority.

  8. Category:People from colonial New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    This category includes people who were notable in the Province of New Jersey prior to the era of American Revolution.That is, they were notable before about 1765. People who are primarily associated with the Revolutionary era are located Category:People of New Jersey in the American Revolution, instead of this category.

  9. Sir Francis Bernard, 1st Baronet - Wikipedia

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    Proclamation for a General Thanksgiving, issued by Governor Bernard, November 1766. Bernard's wife was cousin to Lord Barrington, who became a Privy councillor in 1755. [11] [12] Probably through his connections to Barrington and the Pownalls, he secured an appointment as governor of the Province of New Jersey on 27 January 1758, a post that became available upon the death of Jonathan Belcher.