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Early New Jersey History
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History
4th Grade
10/23/2008

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Term
Lenape
Definition
The first Indians in New Jersey-Lenape means the first people.
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Paleo Indians
Definition
They migrated across the Bering Strait thirty thousand years ago.
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Archaic Indians
Definition
SECOND GROUP OF INDIANS-8,000 BC
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WOODLAND INDIANS
Definition
THIRD GROUP OF INDIANS-SAETTLED NEAR RARITAN AND DELEWARE RIVERS
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HISTORIC INDIANS
Definition
LAST GROUP OF INDIANS-LENAPE-ORIGINAL PEOPLE
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HENRY HUDSON
Definition
CAME TO NJ IN 1609
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GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO
Definition
FIRST PERSON IN NEW JERSEY- 100 YEARS BEFORE HUDSON-LOOKING FOR WATER ROUTE TO ASIA
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PETER MINUIT
Definition
THE FIRST GOVERNER IN NEW SWEDEN
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TIELMAN VAN VLECK
Definition
WAS THE FIRST GOVERNER OF BERGEN
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SONS OF LIBERTY
Definition
A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO MADE LIFE HARD FOR THE ENGLISH GOVERNMENT
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CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
Definition
MET IN PHILLY TO TALK ABOUT DECLARING THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE BRITISH
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CONTINENTAL ARMY
Definition
THE COLONISTS ARMY,FOUNDED BY THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, WITH GW AS THEIR LEADER
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WILLIAM LIVINGSTON
Definition
FIRST GOVERNER OF LIVINGSTON
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