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Foundation of NJ colony
Peter Minuit gathered Indian tribes to purchase land for New Jersey (Original name was New Sweden) by PD Wilmington, Delaware. -
Early trouble in New Jersey
Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant took over as director-general for the neighboring colonies causing issues for the New Jersey colonists. -
The Loss of New Sweden
Sweden lost New Sweden and no longer controlled any land in the Americas. -
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Split of New Jersey
New Jersey was split into an east and west New Jersey -
New Jersey Reunites
After the split Ne Jersey came together again as one royal colony -
New Jersey leaves Rule
Before 1738 when New Sweden was conquered and renamed New Jersey, they were under New York's governing and split from them. -
NJ constitution
New Jersey was the first colony to have a state constitution before the Revolutionary war has started.
