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The Province of New Jersey was an English colony that existed within the boundaries of the current U.S. state of New Jersey prior to the American Revolution. The original boundaries of the province were slightly larger than the current state and extended into portions of the present state of New York.
This seems self-contradictory. How could the colony exist 'within the boundaries of the current state' if its boundaries 'were slightly larger than the current state'?
Flapdragon 21:31, 3 April 2007 (UTC)reply
John Cabot
Discoverer John Cabot was not an Englishman, but an Italian flying the English flag. I have corrected this.
93.97.15.83 (
talk) 01:38, 24 June 2009 (UTC)reply
why a section re Princeton & Rutgers?
The infobox says the
Province of New Jersey existed from 1674 to 1702. Why then is there a section on "Princeton and Rutgers", which were founded in 1746 and 1766, respectively — i.e., after the province was disestablished? It would seem they should be in a separate article about the "Royal Colony of New Jersey".
Eagle4000 (
talk) 22:36, 13 March 2010 (UTC)reply
The title of the article refers to the Province of New Jersey, but the article itself also includes the Royal Colony.
Colony of New Jersey redirects here, although there was no explanation of why. RJCTalkContribs 23:59, 14 March 2010 (UTC)reply
New Netherland
Resources/Economy
There should be a section about its economy.
70.236.39.145 (
talk) 22:02, 17 September 2013 (UTC)reply
Never a province
The word "province" was never part of the official name of any of the thirteen British colonies that later formed the United States, yet nine of the thirteen articles on those colonies include "province" All nine articles should be moved and retitled.
WCCasey (
talk) 19:36, 10 January 2016 (UTC)reply
What's the proof about "official" name???--- no RS is given.
Rjensen (
talk) 02:33, 11 January 2016 (UTC)reply
Here's a place too look, Appears the name Province was certainly in use in 17th/18th centuries.
Most of the other colonies on Wikipedia give a series of alternate names the colony was known by in a prioritized order. It would be nice if we could do the same here.
WilliamKF (
talk) 19:28, 17 June 2016 (UTC)reply