New Jersey Colonial Charters in the United States
New Jersey Colonial Charters
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 487 NEW JERSEY COLONIAL CHARTERSNew Jersey received its first charter from its proprietors, John Berkeley and George Carteret, in 1664. The charter established representative institutions of government, contained a clause on religious liberty similar to that in the rhode island charter of 1663, and
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