West Jersey

historical region, New Jersey, United States

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division of New Jersey

  • A map of the states, boundaries, and capital cities of the United States, along with the bodies of water and other counties surrounding the U.S.
    In United States: The middle colonies

    …Jersey, controlled by Carteret, and West Jersey, controlled by Penn and the other Quaker trustees. In 1682 the Quakers bought East Jersey. A multiplicity of owners and an uncertainty of administration caused both colonists and colonizers to feel dissatisfied with the proprietary arrangement, and in 1702 the crown united the…

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