. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . establish-ment of good government, and of non-interferencein local language, customs, and manners, most ofthe inhabitants of New Amsterdam, including Di-rector Stuyvesant, subscribed to the oath of alle-giance. In New Jersey the few inhabitants alsoaccepted, without question, the supremacy of theconquerors. By the treaty of Breda, in 1667, the English titleto New Netherland was confirmed after a shortbut sharp European contest between Holland andEngland, which in no way affected New York andNew Jersey. While the squadron
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . establish-ment of good government, and of non-interferencein local language, customs, and manners, most ofthe inhabitants of New Amsterdam, including Di-rector Stuyvesant, subscribed to the oath of alle-giance. In New Jersey the few inhabitants alsoaccepted, without question, the supremacy of theconquerors. By the treaty of Breda, in 1667, the English titleto New Netherland was confirmed after a shortbut sharp European contest between Holland andEngland, which in no way affected New York andNew Jersey. While the squadron of conquest was upon thehigh seas James, Duke of York, executed deeds oflease and release for a part of his American terri-tory. With the signing of these deeds upon June23 and 24, 1664, the separate history of New Jer- TT^pj^^-yM^^^^S^^^^^J begins. <^^i^i There were in the Stuart court two men of in- ,§ fluence and power who, like Nicolls, had attached ^TinrvESANT a Gtnrrill GovCTtiOJ mCliuIof AltiSHrctan. -. ndfiw DixtcK Yftn lf«» tiji. IETi:i: !ST U V \ KSA^ 1i/ast llutcli governor or direGtor-generalof Xew York 1647-64; called Peter theHeadstrong; born Holland 1602. Asserted \ ic*e-rega| authority in NewNetherlaud; arranjajed bouudaiy lines be-tween lOnglish and IHiteli possessions 1650;subjugated New Sm *<len 1655; surrenderedt(» the Eiiglish S^ps. 8, 1664. Died on his (ireat Bouwerie farm,Manhattan, Atig., 1682; buried in SaintMarks ehurchvard. New York City.
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