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Henry Hudson sailed to Newark Bay, claimed land for Dutch, named it New Netherlands
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Dutch West India company chartered
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Captain Cornelius J Mey built Fort Nassau near Gloucester City and became director of New Netherland
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Area of Harsimus was an island claimed by the Dutch West India Company that developed in present day New Jersey
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Swedish colony established Fort Christina along Delaware River
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Dutch settled Bergen, first permanent town
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British took control of New Netherlands from Dutch; renamed it New Jersey
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New Jersey colony divided into East and West
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New Jerseys first slaves brought for a plantation in Shrewsbury
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Council of West Jersey proprietors met in Burlington
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East and West Jersey became Crown Colony under supervision of governor of New York
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New Jersey formed own government
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Tea burning at Greenwich in protest of taxes
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Over 100 battle took place in New Jersey during Revolutionary War
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New Jersey adopted first state constitution; George Washington crossed Delaware River from Pennsylvania in surprise attack on British; Washington defeated British at Battle of Trenton.
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Washington was headquartered at Morriston
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Washington victorious at Battle of Monmouth
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Princeton served as US capital
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Trenton served as US capital
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New Jersey became the third US state
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Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr dueled in Weehawken; new legislation enacted - any person born after July 4, 1804, considered free
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First ferry service in US opened between Hoboken and Manhattan
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Colt firearms begins production in Paterson
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Samuel Morse demonstrated telegraph
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New Jersey adopted second state constitution
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First baseball game held at Hoboken
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Dinosaur fossil found at Haddonfield
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New Jersey granted electoral votes to Stephan Douglas, running against Abraham Lincoln
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88,000 New Jerseyites fought in Civil War; state became component of Underground Railroad
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New Jersey granted electoral votes to George McClellan, running against Abraham Lincoln; only free state that rejected Lincoln twice
