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East of Jersey: A History of the General Board of Proprietors for the Eastern Division of New Jersey. (Newark, New Jersey: New Jersey Historical Society, 1995). McConville, Brendan. These Daring Disturbers of the Public Peace: The Struggle for Property and Power in Early New Jersey. (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1999). McCreary, John Roger.
New Jersey was one of the original Thirteen Colonies and was admitted as a state on December 18, 1787. Before it declared its independence, New Jersey was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain. Prior to 2010, unlike most other states, New Jersey did not have the office of lieutenant governor.
The New Jersey Plan (also known as the Small State Plan or the Paterson Plan) was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. [1]
1787 establishments in New Jersey (3 P) Pages in category "1787 in New Jersey" This category contains only the following page. This list may not reflect recent ...
The 1787 New Jersey gubernatorial election was held on 31 October 1787 in order to elect the Governor of New Jersey. Incumbent Governor William Livingston was re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly against his opponent candidate Joseph Biddle.
On December 18, 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the Constitution. On November 20, 1789, New Jersey became the first state in the nation to ratify the Bill of Rights. New Jersey played a principal role in creating the structure of the new United States government.
Delegates from New Jersey; Name 1st Continental Congress 2nd Continental Congress Confederation Congress John Beatty: 1784–1785 Elias Boudinot: 1778: 1781–1783 William Burnet: 1780–1781: 1781 Lambert Cadwalader: 1785–1787 Abraham Clark: 1776–1778; 1780–1781: 1781–1783; 1786–1788 Silas Condict: 1781–1783 Stephen Crane: 1774: ...
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.