New Jersey Colony

  • Aug 3, 1492

    Columbus sets sail for America

  • Period: Aug 3, 1492 to

    New Jersey

  • New Jersey is founded by Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret

  • New Jersey is sold to the Quakers and becomes a royal colony

  • Lewis Morris serves as the first single royal governor

  • Settlers rebel

  • New Jersey Gazette issues its first newspaper

  • Declaration of Independance is adopted