USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Following its capture by the English the former Dutch territory of New Netherland and its principal port, New Amsterdam, were named the Province and City of New York in James’s honour. After the founding, the Duke gave part of the colony to proprietors George Carteret and John Berkeley.

Detailed explanation-3: -He conveyed the southern part of his grant, between the Hudson and the Delaware Rivers, to two loyal Stuart supporters, Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret, who named it New Jersey. New York was quickly amalgamated into the English colonial system and enjoyed a continuing prosperity.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Duke of York decided that New York was too big to govern, so he gave some of its land to friends, who created the colony of New Jersey in 1664.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1665, Berkeley and Sir George Carteret drafted the Concession and Agreement, a proclamation for the structure of the government for the Province of New Jersey. The document also provided freedom of religion in the colony.