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Colonial New Jersey
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USA History Online- New Jersey
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The first settlements in New Jersey were created by this European Nation. _______________________
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The province was soon after this divided (1676) into two parts: East Jersey, which was retained by ______________, and West Jersey, which now became the property of the ______________. The line between them was drawn directly from ______________________ to_____________________.
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__________________ and _________________ received a royal charter for a colony in the new land and named this colony for ____________________.
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Name three nicknames for New Jersey and WHY. (Besides the Garden State.)
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From _________ to _________, the colony operated a separate court system to deal with slave crimes.
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In 1804 the New Jersey Legislature passed "An Act for ______________________" It provided that females born of slave parents after July 4, 1804, would be _____________________________________________________________.
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The situation was further complicated by New Jersey's twin capitals at this period. ______________________ in the east and _____________________ in the west alternated hosting the colonial assembly.
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New Jersey was the ____________ State to ratify the Constitution in 1787.