Colonial History Of New Jersey
European colonialization of New Jersey started soon after the 1609 exploration of its coast and bays by Sir Henry Hudson. Part of the state was settled by Dutch and Swedish as New Netherland and New Sweden.
Read more about Colonial History Of New Jersey: Pre-colonial Population, New Netherland, New Sweden, British Takeover, Proprietary Colony, Early Partitions and Tracts, Architecture, Schools, Continental Congress, Revolutionary War
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