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Mar 24, 1524
giovanni de verrazano
He explored new jerseys costline -
Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson sailed into bay, claimed land for the dutch and named it New Netherlands -
First settlement
the first settlement was at Bergen, a village a few miles west of New York -
Delaware river
Swedish colonies established along the Delaware river -
named
it was named in 1664 -
Philip Cartere
philp carteret was appointed governor -
Dutch Government
new jersey went to dutch government because of the war between Holland and England -
returned to English
the next year they went back to English -
new jersey was divided
new jersey was divided into west and east new jersey -
William and Mary
both new jersey and new York we annexed to new England until William and Mary became throne -
crown colony
east and west new jersey became crown colony under supervision of government of new York -
Separation
New Jersey Separated from new york. -
Government
new jersey formed its own government -
tea burning
tea burning at Greenwich in protest of taxes -
state constitution
george washington crossed the delaware river from pennsylvania in surprise attack on british, Washington defeated British at the battle of trenton. -
100 battles
there was over 100 ion new jersey -
Trenton
trenton was declared state capital, and New Jersey was the first to sign the bill of rights -
Alexander Hamilton
he built the country's first planned industrial city in paterson -
Third us state
new jersey became the third us state -
Free Slaves
New Jersey became the last state in the northeast to free slaves as it had more slaves than any other Northern state -
Famous duel
Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr have a famous duel in weehawken -
woman's vote
woman lose the right to vote -
New Jersey's constitution
New Jersey adopts it first state constitution. -
Grover Cleveland
New Jersey native, elected U.S. President -
Governor Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey's governor woodrow wilson was elected president of the US -
Miss America Pageant
the first miss america pageant was held in new jersey -
Little League Baseball tournaments
the first new jersey state little league baseball tournaments was played -
Battleship
New Jerseys battleship became a museum -
farmland
New Jersey preserves a recorded 20,000 acres of farmland -
Death Penalty
Governor Corrine Signed a bill to eliminate the death penalty
