History of the United States . THE MIDDLE COLONIES 1 Peter Stuyvesant continued to live on Manhattan Island, and died in1682 at his home farm, called The Bowerie. 42 MIDDLE COLONIES, CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA settlement continued as a part of the Dutch colony until it inturn was brought under British control and became a separatecolony. In 1664 the portion of New Netherland that lay between theHudson and the Delaware was granted by Charles I to two courtNew Sweden favorites, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. TheNew Jersey latter had been governor of the island of Jersey onthe coast of England
History of the United States . THE MIDDLE COLONIES 1 Peter Stuyvesant continued to live on Manhattan Island, and died in1682 at his home farm, called The Bowerie. 42 MIDDLE COLONIES, CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA settlement continued as a part of the Dutch colony until it inturn was brought under British control and became a separatecolony. In 1664 the portion of New Netherland that lay between theHudson and the Delaware was granted by Charles I to two courtNew Sweden favorites, Lord Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. TheNew Jersey latter had been governor of the island of Jersey onthe coast of England, and the province was called New Jersey. %. FOOT OF MAIDEN liANE, NEW AMSTEBDAM, IN THE TIME OF PETER STL Carteret established a settlement (Elizabethtown) in what isknown as East Jersey, and in 1676-1677 William Penn and otherEnglish Quakers founded a settlement in West Jersey. LaterPenn bought Carterets proprietary rights in East Jersey, andsettlers came in considerable numbers from both Great Britainand New England. In 1702 East and West Jersey were unitedin one royal province. 22. Beginnings of Pennsylvania.—The reference to WilliamPenn in the preceding paragraph leads to the story of the founda-
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