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Colonial New Jersey
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Verrazano explores eastern coastline
1524
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Henry Hudson claims New Jersey for the Dutch
1609
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Settled by Swedish Explorers
1638
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Founded and claimed for England
1664
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Divided into East Jersey and West Jersey
1676
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Combined into one colony and ruled by the Lord Cornbury, Governor of New York
1702
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Becomes an independent colony
1738
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Princeton University founded
1746
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Rutgers University founded
1766
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Revolutionary War begins
1775
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Battle of Trenton
1776
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Declaration of Independence
1776
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British surrender at Yorktown
1781
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Princeton NJ is the US Capital
1783
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Treaty of Paris ending the Revolutionary War
1783
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Trenton NJ is the US Capital
1784
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New Jersey becomes a state
1787
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George Washington becomes first president
1789
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NJ ratifies the Bill of Rights
1789
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Trenton named state capital
1790
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Bill of Rights ratified
1791
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John Adams becomes president
1797
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