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: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -A British naval officer and lieutenant governor of Jersey, Carteret made the island a Royalist stronghold during the English Civil Wars and privateered in the Stuart cause, thereby winning a knighthood (1644) and a baronetcy (1645).

Detailed explanation-5: -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.