SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
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he gave the land to a friend.
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all the Indians were dead.
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he imported Jersey cattle from the island of Jersey.
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he knew it would become “The Garden State.”
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Detailed explanation-1: -In June 1664, King Charles II made a land grant to his brother, James, Duke of York, which included the lands in New Jersey. Three months later, the Duke of York conveyed his interest in these lands to his two friends and supporters, John, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
Detailed explanation-2: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -England split up New Netherland giving it the names of New Jersey and New York. 1664: Duke of York granted land that had been part of New Netherland to two of his friends, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
Detailed explanation-4: -New Jersey In 1644 the Duke of York gave the southern part of his colony to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. These two men named the colony New Jersey and hoped to make an economic gain from the colony.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey. Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey’s first permanent European settlement.