Quaker colonization of West Jersey

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The Quaker colonization of West Jersey was a 17th-century settlement effort in what is now southern New Jersey, led by English Quakers seeking religious freedom and establishing a community based on principles of equality, pacifism, and fair dealings with Indigenous peoples.

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instanceOf Quaker settlement ⓘ
colonization effort ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
appliesPrinciple equality ⓘ
fair dealings with Indigenous peoples ⓘ
freedom of conscience ⓘ
pacifism ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
representative self-government ⓘ
trial by jury ⓘ
country English colonial America ⓘ
Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime early 18th century ⓘ
followedBy unification of East and West Jersey into royal colony of New Jersey in 1702 ⓘ
follows English conquest of New Netherland ⓘ
hasEffect development of relatively liberal colonial government in West Jersey ⓘ
establishment of pacifist practices in local governance ⓘ
formal recognition of some rights for Indigenous inhabitants in colonial agreements ⓘ
growth of Quaker population in New Jersey ⓘ
influence on later Quaker settlement in Pennsylvania ⓘ
precedent for religious toleration in New Jersey ⓘ
promotion of relatively equitable land distribution among settlers ⓘ
spread of Quaker religious influence in the Delaware Valley ⓘ
hasPart adoption of the Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey ⓘ
creation of Quaker-dominated assemblies in West Jersey ⓘ
establishment of Salem, New Jersey ⓘ
founding of Burlington, New Jersey ⓘ
negotiation of land purchases from Indigenous peoples ⓘ
settlement along the Delaware River ⓘ
interactsWith Delaware River valley Indigenous communities ⓘ
Lenape people ⓘ
linked to: Lenape
legalBasis Concessions and Agreements of West New Jersey ⓘ
location Province of New Jersey ⓘ
West Jersey ⓘ
southern New Jersey ⓘ
linked to: South Jersey
mainSubject Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
motivatedBy desire to escape persecution of Quakers in England ⓘ
search for religious freedom ⓘ
wish to establish a community based on Quaker principles ⓘ
participant Edward Byllynge ⓘ
English Quaker settlers ⓘ
Gawen Lawrie ⓘ
John Fenwick ⓘ
Nicholas Lucas ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
partOf English colonization of North America ⓘ
linked to: Colonial America

colonization of New Jersey ⓘ
precededBy Dutch and Swedish settlements along the Delaware River ⓘ
startTime 1670s ⓘ
1674 ⓘ

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Gawen Lawrie → movement → Quaker colonization of West Jersey ⓘ
Edward Byllynge → involvedIn → Quaker settlement in North America ⓘ
linked to: Quaker colonization of West Jersey
Quaker colonization movement → hasPart → Quaker settlement of West Jersey ⓘ
linked to: Quaker colonization of West Jersey
John Fenwick → associatedWith → Quaker colonization of New Jersey ⓘ
subject linked to: John
linked to: Quaker colonization of West Jersey