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Department of State

Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission

The Hon. Tahesha Way, Lt. Governor and Secretary of State

The Proprietary Colonies of East and West Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ

Grades 5 through 8

Books, Articles and Teachers Guides

“The Quakers of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ”
Jersey Journeys (April 1999)
Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Society, 52 Park Place, Newark, NJ 07102

“Trouble in the Jerseys”
pp. 58-81, In Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ: A Mirror on America
John T. Cunningham. Andover, N.J.: Afton Publishing Co., 1976

Audio and Video

The Two Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµs
A 30-minute television documentary about Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ in the late seventeenth century, a co-production of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Network and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1993

Documents

Promotional Letter from a Quaker Woman (1676)
Page 25 in the Supplemental Materials of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Legacy Teachers Guide.
Trenton, NJ: NJN Public Television and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission

Words That Make Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History
Edited by Howard L. Green. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1995
A Letter to West Jersey Quakers, 1676, p. 10
Religious Freedom in Early Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ, 1676/7, 1683, pp. 11-12
William Penn's Account of the Delaware Indians, 1683, p. 13
Indian-White Relations, 1685, pp. 16-17
West Jersey in 1698, pp. 18-19

Maps

Grades 9 through 12

Books, Articles and Teachers Guides

“Colonial Development”
(Proprietary Rule, Royal Colony, State, Ratification of U.S. Constitution)"
pp. 9-29, In Reshaping Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ: A History of Its Government and Politics
Stanley N. Worton. Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ History Series. Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1997

These Daring Disturbers of the Public Peace: The Struggle for Property and Power in Early Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ
McConville, Brendan. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1999

Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ: From Colony to State, 1609-1789
Richard P. McCormick. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1964

“Proprietary Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ”
(Founding the Early Towns, Carteret's Governorship, the Regime of the 24 Pro-prietors), pp. 14-37

“West Jersey: Quaker Commonwealth”
(Founding the Quaker Haven, the Quaker Community, the West Jersey Frontier, the Proprietary Heritage), pp. 38-57

“Edmund Andros”
In The Governors of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ, 1664-1974: Biographical Essays
Edited by Paul A. Stellhorn and Michael J. Birkner
Harold E. Selesky, Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1982 (online publication), pp. 18-21

Teachers Guide: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Legacy
Program Two, The Two Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµs
Patricia Matuszewski, David S. Cohen, and Howard L. Green
Trenton: Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Network and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1993

Audio and Video

The Two Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµs
A 30-minute television documentary about Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ in the late seventeenth century, a co-production of Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Network and the Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Historical Commission, 1993

Online Lectures

Jean Soderlund, Ó£»¨ÊÓÆµ Quakers in the American Revolution

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Internet Sites


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