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How was new jersey made and named

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New Jersey is named after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey was found in 1660.
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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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