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The history of what is now New Jersey begins at the end of the Younger Dryas, about 15,000 years ago. Native Americans moved into New town reversal of the Younger Dryas; before then an ice sheet hundreds of feet thick had made the area of northern New Jersey uninhabitable.
C. A. Nothnagle Log House, built by Finnish or Swedish settlers in the New Sweden colony in modern-day Swedesboro, New Jersey between 1638 and 1643, is one of the oldest still standing log houses in the United States. European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson.
Pages in category "New Jersey history-related lists" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. ... Timeline of women's suffrage in New Jersey;
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.
The following is a timeline of the history of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Here's a look at events that happened in Central Jersey from five, 10, 25, 50 and 100 years ago this week. Five years ago. Sept. 24, 2019: Voters in Carteret overwhelmingly approved a $37 million ...
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.
Founded in 1978 and based in West Trenton, the nonprofit organization aims to promote New Jersey's diverse history, and show the importance of preserving this history, said Executive Director ...