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: -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. New Jersey was initially a proprietary colony, one in which the king gave land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British took control of the land and added it to their colonies. They divided the land in half and gave control to two proprietors: Sir George Carteret (who was in charge of the east side) and Lord John Berkley (who was in charge of the west side).

Detailed explanation-4: -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.