USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -King Charles II granted domain to his brother James Duke of York, who granted the land between the Delaware and Hudson Rivers to two of his supporters, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. These enterprising businessmen offered land at bargain prices and full religious toleration to attract settlers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The land was officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. Carteret had been governor of the Isle of Jersey. Berkeley and Carteret sold the land at low prices and allowed the settlers to have political and religious freedom.

Detailed explanation-3: -One of the attractions for settlers to the colony, eventually, known as New Jersey, was that it offered religious freedom, which allowed people to practice their faith as they wanted. The colony was also an attraction because of new lands, which drew many to its shores. From farmland to mountains, the land was fertile.

Detailed explanation-4: -New Jersey’s early colonial history is similar to New York’s. Like New York, the area was first colonized by Dutch settlers around 1613. The colony was called New Netherland and included parts of modern-day New York and New Jersey.