West New Jersey

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West New Jersey was a 17th-century proprietary colony in the western part of present-day New Jersey, established by English Quakers and others before the unification of East and West Jersey into a single royal colony.

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West New Jersey canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former colony
historical region
proprietary colony
borderedBy Atlantic Ocean
Delaware River
East New Jersey
capital Burlington
continent North America
country Kingdom of England
currency pound sterling
dateDissolved 1702
dateEstablished 1674
dateOfConcessionsAndAgreements 1677
dateOfFirstConstitution 1676
dateOrganized 1676
establishedBy English proprietors
Quaker proprietors
ethnicGroup English colonists
Lenape people
linked to: Lenape

Quakers
founder Edward Byllynge
Gawen Lawrie
John Fenwick
Nicholas Lucas
William Penn
governmentType proprietary government
knownFor advanced guarantees of civil liberties in the Concessions and Agreements
early Quaker political and religious freedom
language English
legalDocument Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey
legislature General Free Assembly of West New Jersey
locatedIn North America
present-day New Jersey
mergedInto Province of New Jersey
mergedWith East New Jersey
notableSettlement Burlington
Gloucester
linked to: Gloucester City

Salem
partOf Province of New Jersey
Thirteen Colonies
religion Quakerism
sovereignState Kingdom of England
successor Crown Colony of New Jersey
territoryIncludes present-day Atlantic County, New Jersey
present-day Burlington County, New Jersey
present-day Camden County, New Jersey
present-day Cape May County, New Jersey
present-day Cumberland County, New Jersey
present-day Gloucester County, New Jersey
present-day Salem County, New Jersey

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Edward Byllynge placeOfActivity West New Jersey
East New Jersey bordersWith West New Jersey
East New Jersey mergedWith West New Jersey
Edward Byllynge workLocation West New Jersey
subject linked to: Byllynge
Edward Byllynge governed West New Jersey
subject linked to: Byllynge
Edward Byllynge jurisdiction West New Jersey
subject linked to: Byllynge
John Fenwick placeOfActivity West New Jersey
subject linked to: John
John Fenwick politicalEntityFoundedIn West New Jersey
subject linked to: John