New Jersey Colony

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New Jersey

1664

James, Duke of York

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FOUNDED

On June 24, 1664, James, Duke of York, granted Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, ownership of a swath of land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers. The charter referred to these lands as “New Jersey” in honor of Carteret's defense of the English Channel island of Jersey during the English Civil War.New Jersey was also rich with fertile soil that made farming super useful.

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ECONOMY

People in New Jersey used mulitiple ways to make money and get rich. Listed below are some of the ways people made money.

• Farming And cattle selling was a big one because the soil was rich.
• Lumber sales were also a good way to make a few bucks because there were multiple forests filled with trees that people could chop down and sell.
• Ship building was also big because the forests were not too far from the coast so the lumberjacks sold their wood to ship builders and shipbuilders used that wood to make boats and ships.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

• Concession and Agreement was a legal document that guaranteed rights; including, but not only, religious freedom. It served as the basic governing document of the colony of New Jersey.
• The province had originally been settled by Europeans as part of New Netherland but came under English rule after the surrender of Fort Amsterdam
• James, Duke of York gave the ownership of the colony to Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
• Religions included Catholics and jews. Scandinavian Lutherans and Dutch Reformed. There were also English Quakers and Welsh Baptists.

James, Duke of York