新泽西省

紐澤西省
1664－1673 1702－1783
国旗
地位	英格蘭專用殖民地（1664－1673） 英格蘭皇家殖民地（1702－1707） 大不列顛皇家殖民地（1707－1783）
首都	伊麗莎白鎮（1664－1673） 珀斯安博伊及伯靈頓（1702－1783）
常用语言	英語、荷蘭語
政府	憲法君主制
立法机构	議會 大會
历史
• 建立	1664
• 终结	1783
货币	紐澤西鎊
前身 继承 新尼德蘭 紐澤西州
今属于	美国

紐澤西省（英語：Province of New Jersey）是美國殖民地時期的中部殖民地，後來在1783年成為美國州份之一紐澤西州。起初此省屬於新尼德蘭，但1664年在阿姆斯特丹堡投降後交由英格蘭統治，成為專用殖民地。英國人後來以英吉利海峽的澤西島命名。荷蘭共和國在1673－1674年一度恢復控制一段時間。之後分割為東澤西及西澤西，直至1702年合併成為皇家殖民地。原初省邊界比現時州份稍大，部分延伸至現時紐約州內，直至邊界在1773年確定為止。

顯示西紐澤西（左）和東紐澤西（右）邊界的地圖

外部連結

• 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

延伸閱讀

• 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