新泽西省

新泽西省
1664－1673 1702－1783
国旗
地位	英格兰专用殖民地（1664－1673） 英格兰皇家殖民地（1702－1707） 大不列颠皇家殖民地（1707－1783）
首都	伊丽莎白镇（1664－1673） 珀斯安博伊及伯灵顿（1702－1783）
常用语言	英语、荷兰语
政府	宪法君主制
立法机构	议会 大会
历史
• 建立	1664
• 终结	1783
货币	新泽西镑
前身 继承 新尼德兰 新泽西州
今属于	美国

新泽西省（英语：Province of New Jersey）是美国殖民地时期的中部殖民地，后来在1783年成为美国州份之一新泽西州。起初此省属于新尼德兰，但1664年在阿姆斯特丹堡投降后交由英格兰统治，成为专用殖民地。英国人后来以英吉利海峡的泽西岛命名。荷兰共和国在1673－1674年一度恢复控制一段时间。之后分割为东泽西及西泽西，直至1702年合并成为皇家殖民地。原初省边界比现时州份稍大，部分延伸至现时纽约州内，直至边界在1773年确定为止。

显示西新泽西（左）和东新泽西（右）边界的地图

外部链接

• Colonial Charters, Grants and Related Documents （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） (at "New Jersey"). The Avalon Project: Documents in Law, History and Diplomacy. Lillian Goldman Law Library (Yale Law School). Retrieved 2010-03-14. This website has links to the following documents:
  • 1664 – The Duke of York's Release to John Ford Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret, 24 June
  • 1664 – The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey, to and With All and Every the Adventurers and All Such as Shall Settle or Plant There
  • 1672 – A Declaration of the True Intent and Meaning of us the Lords Proprietors, and Explanation of There Concessions Made to the Adventurers and Planters of New Caesarea or New Jersey
  • 1674 – His Royal Highness's Grant to the Lords Proprietors, Sir George Carteret, 29 July
  • 1676 – The Charter or Fundamental Laws, of West New Jersey, Agreed Upon
  • 1676 – Quintipartite Deed of Revision, Between E. and W Jersey: July 1
  • 1680 – Duke of York's Second Grant to William Penn, Gawn Lawry, Nicholas Lucas, John Eldridge, Edmund Warner, and Edward Byllynge, for the Soil and Government of West New Jersey-August 6
  • 1681 – Province of West New-Jersey, in America, The 25th of the Ninth Month Called November
  • 1682 – Duke of York's Confirmation to the 24 Proprietors: 14 March
  • 1683 – The Fundamental Constitutions for the Province of East New Jersey in America
  • 1683 – The King's Letter Recognizing the Proprietors' Right to the Soil and Government
  • 1702 – Surrender from the Proprietors of East and West New Jersey, of Their Pretended Right of Government to Her Majesty
  • 1709 – The Queen's Acceptance of the Surrender of Government; April 17
  • 1712 – Charles II's Grant of New England to the Duke of York, 1676 – Exemplified by Queen Anne
  • 1776 – Constitution of New Jersey

延伸阅读

• Cunningham, John T. Colonial New Jersey (1971) 160pp
• Doyle, John Andrew. English Colonies in America: Volume IV The Middle Colonies (1907) online （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） ch 7–8
• McCormick, Richard P. New Jersey from Colony to State, 1609–1789 (1964) 191pp
• Pomfret, John Edwin. Colonial New Jersey: a history (1973), the standard modern history