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The New Jersey territory was located in the English colony located in North America from 1664-1776.
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This colony was founded in 1664 by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret.
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The British and the Dutch weren't at peace because they both wanted the territory.
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In 1676 New Jersey divided the colony into East and West Jersey.
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In 1702 the East and West combined into in colony.
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The town of Princeton was settled in 1696. Later in 1746 the college named Princeton University was founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey.
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New Jersey was considered as a Royal Colony.
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New Jersey was founded because it would help trade and profit.
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The Colony New Jersey became a state in 1787.