SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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New York
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New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
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Delaware
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1664, the Dutch lost control of New Jersey, which was part of the New Netherlands colony at the time, to the English. The British split the colony and gave control to two proprietors: Control of the east went to Sir George Carteret and control of the west to Lord John Berkley.
Detailed explanation-2: -European colonization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Henry Hudson. Dutch and Swedish colonists settled parts of the present-day state as New Netherland and New Sweden.
Detailed explanation-3: -The colonial history of New Jersey began in 1609 when Henry Hudson first claimed the region on behalf of Holland and renamed it New Netherlands.
Detailed explanation-4: -It was difficult for the proprietors to collect any taxes from the inhabitant. So, in March 1673 Berkeley sold his part of the colony to the Quakers. After the sale to the Quakers the colony was divided into two East and West Jersey.
Detailed explanation-5: -Berkeley and Carteret divided their land into two colonies and named them East Jersey and West Jersey. In 1702, the colonies joined to form New Jersey.