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  2. Colonial history of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of ... List of colonial governors of New Jersey; ... 1660-1810" (PDF). www.nj.gov. pp ...

  3. List of colonial governors of New Jersey - Wikipedia

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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.

  4. List of counties in New Jersey - Wikipedia

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    New Jersey's county names derive from several sources, though most of its counties are named after place names in England and prominent leaders in the colonial and revolutionary periods. Bergen County is the most populous county—as of the 2010 Census—with 905,116 people, while Salem County is the least populous with 66,083 people.

  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. 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.

  8. New Jersey Provincial Council - Wikipedia

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    The Provincial Council was established in 1702 upon the surrender by the Proprietors of East Jersey and those of West Jersey of the right of government to Queen Anne.Anne's government united the two colonies as the Province of New Jersey, a royal colony, establishing a new system of government.

  9. 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.