Colony of New Jeresy
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About the Colony of New Jersey
Found By Lord Berkeley and Sir George in 1664
Is named after the British Island Jersey
Religious Freedom
Important Facts
10 Facts
- Founded in 1664
- Major Towns / Cities: Trenton, Princeton
- Mountains in the northeast, lowlands from Lake Ontario along the Canadian border. Atlantic coastal plain.
- The Middle Colonies had a mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that were suited to farming and agriculture
- No Dominate Religion
- Exported agricultural products and natural resources including cattle, grain, rice, indigo (dye), wheat
- Manufactured iron ore products such as plows, tools, kettles, locks, nails and large blocks of iron which they exported to England
- By 1775 New Jersey was governed as a Royal Colony
- In 1664 the British take control of New Jersey from the Dutch
- In 1746 Princeton University was founded