<P> New Jersey was originally settled by Native Americans, with the Lenni - Lenape being dominant at the time of contact . Scheyichbi is the Lenape name for the land that is now New Jersey . The Lenape were several autonomous groups that practiced maize agriculture in order to supplement their hunting and gathering in the region surrounding the Delaware River, the lower Hudson River, and western Long Island Sound . The Lenape society was divided into matrilinear clans that were based upon common female ancestors . These clans were organized into three distinct phratries identified by their animal sign: Turtle, Turkey, and Wolf . They first encountered the Dutch in the early 17th century, and their primary relationship with the Europeans was through fur trade . </P> <P> The Dutch became the first Europeans to lay claim to lands in New Jersey . The Dutch colony of New Netherland consisted of parts of modern Middle Atlantic states . Although the European principle of land ownership was not recognized by the Lenape, Dutch West India Company policy required its colonists to purchase the land that they settled . The first to do so was Michiel Pauw who established a patronship called Pavonia in 1630 along the North River which eventually became the Bergen . Peter Minuit's purchase of lands along the Delaware River established the colony of New Sweden . The entire region became a territory of England on June 24, 1664, after an English fleet under the command of Colonel Richard Nicolls sailed into what is today New York Harbor and took control of Fort Amsterdam, annexing the entire province . </P> <P> During the English Civil War, the Channel Island of Jersey remained loyal to the British Crown and gave sanctuary to the King . It was from the Royal Square in Saint Helier that Charles II of England was proclaimed King in 1649, following the execution of his father, Charles I . The North American lands were divided by Charles II, who gave his brother, the Duke of York (later King James II), the region between New England and Maryland as a proprietary colony (as opposed to a royal colony). James then granted the land between the Hudson River and the Delaware River (the land that would become New Jersey) to two friends who had remained loyal through the English Civil War: Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley of Stratton . The area was named the Province of New Jersey . </P> <P> Since the state's inception, New Jersey has been characterized by ethnic and religious diversity . New England Congregationalists settled alongside Scots Presbyterians and Dutch Reformed migrants . While the majority of residents lived in towns with individual landholdings of 100 acres (40 ha), a few rich proprietors owned vast estates . English Quakers and Anglicans owned large landholdings . Unlike Plymouth Colony, Jamestown and other colonies, New Jersey was populated by a secondary wave of immigrants who came from other colonies instead of those who migrated directly from Europe . New Jersey remained agrarian and rural throughout the colonial era, and commercial farming developed sporadically . Some townships, such as Burlington on the Delaware River and Perth Amboy, emerged as important ports for shipping to New York City and Philadelphia . The colony's fertile lands and tolerant religious policy drew more settlers, and New Jersey's population had increased to 120,000 by 1775 . </P>

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