How was new jersey made and named

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Shammel Lee · Answer 1 · 2021-12-07T14:02:56+0000

The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey. Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey's first permanent European settlement. ... The land was officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. Carteret had been governor of the Isle of Jersey.

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