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New Jersey land riots, 1745-1755
This dissertation explores the issue of land grants in New Jersey during the Colonial period. The Duke of York's governor in New Jersey, Richard Nicholls, awarded land grants to settlers who had petitioned for townships not knowing that the Duke had already bestowed New Jersey upon two court favorites, Berkeley and Carteret. When the proprietors demanded that settlers pay quit-rents for the lands they held, the settlers refused to pay. After many years of court proceedings, the settlers in Elizabethtown and Newark openly rebelled against the proprietors.
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- "This dissertation explores the issue of land grants in New Jersey during the Colonial period. The Duke of York's governor in New Jersey, Richard Nicholls, awarded land grants to settlers who had petitioned for townships not knowing that the Duke had already bestowed New Jersey upon two court favorites, Berkeley and Carteret. When the proprietors demanded that settlers pay quit-rents for the lands they held, the settlers refused to pay. After many years of court proceedings, the settlers in Elizabethtown and Newark openly rebelled against the proprietors."@en
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