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In the south Cornelis Mey explored the Delaware Bay and Cape May.
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The King of England sent the Duke of York to seize New Netherland from the Dutch, but they surrendered. It was then named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey.
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The land of East and West Jersey are given to the british government and became one colony.
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After celabrating Chrisymas the Hessian soldiers went to bed. Soon after George Washingto surprised them.
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New Jersey declares thier independence by signing the Constitution and becoming the third state in the United States.
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Two men, one of which was Vice President Aaron Burr and the other being Alexander Hamlton, faced of in a duel. When it was over Hamlton was dead.
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By 1865 many slaves had been freed. Finaly all the slaves were freed!
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Factory bosses pushed silkworkers to far. The silkworkers went on strike fo 14 months.
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Kenneth Gibson was the first aferican- american mayor of Newark and served until 1986.
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The Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks played the Super Bowl in NJ. The Seattle Seahawks won.
