Editing Jersey City, New Jersey (section)

====Province of New Jersey====
On August 27, 1664, four English frigates sailed into [[New York Harbor]] and captured [[Fort Amsterdam]], and by extension, all of New Netherland, a prelude to the [[Second Anglo-Dutch War]]. Under the [[Articles of Surrender of New Netherland|Articles of Capitulation]], the Dutch residents of Bergen were allowed to continue their way of life and worship. Later in 1664, [[James II of England|James]], the [[Duke of York]], granted the land between the Hudson and [[Delaware River]] to Sir [[George Carteret]] as a debt settlement. Carteret named the land ''[[Province of New Jersey|New Jersey]]'' after his homeland the [[Jersey|island of Jersey]]. The [[Concession and Agreement]] was issued soon after providing [[religious freedom]] and recognition of private property in the colony.<ref name=autogenerated7>{{cite web |url=http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/nj02.htm |title=The Avalon Project : The Concession and Agreement of the Lords Proprietors of the Province of New Caesarea, or New Jersey |publisher=Yale.edu |access-date=February 6, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080518195544/http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/states/nj02.htm |archive-date=2008-05-18 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In exchange, residents were required to pledge loyalty to their new government.<ref>''[[The New York Times]]''; October 7, 1910. The history of Bergen Village</ref>

Following the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Treaty of Westminster]], New Jersey split into [[East Jersey]] and [[West Jersey]]. From 1674 to 1702, [[Bergen Township, New Jersey (1661–1862)|Bergen]] was part of East Jersey and became a town in [[Bergen County, New Jersey|Bergen County]] on March 7, 1683, one of the four newly independent counties in East Jersey. In 1702, New Jersey was reunified and became a [[royal colony]]. Bergen was chosen as the [[county seat]] in 1710 and was re-established by [[royal charter]] on January 4, 1714.<ref name="Story"/>