New Jersey

• Location: USA

A state. Although the coastline was explored in 1524 by Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485–1528), the Italian navigator, it was not permanently settled until 1660. In 1664 it came under British control and was split into western and eastern halves. King Charles II^† granted the eastern half to his brother, later King James II^†, who in turn granted it to Sir George Carteret (c.1610–80), a Royalist politician, and the western half to Quaker settlers. Carteret named it after his birthplace, the island of Jersey in the Channel Islands. In 1702 the province was reunited as a crown colony but ruled from New York; it became a separate colony in 1738. It joined the Union as the third state in 1787.

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