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Princeton University was founded in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in 1746 as the College of New Jersey, shortly before moving into the newly built Nassau Hall in Princeton. In 1783, for about four months Nassau Hall hosted the United States Congress , and many of the students went on to become leaders of the young republic.
Princeton University is a private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States.Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution.
Colony or state Founded Chartered Religious influence King William's School (absorbed by St. John's College when the latter was founded) Province of Maryland: 1696 1784 Church of England: Kent County Free School (absorbed by Washington College when the latter was founded) Province of Maryland: 1723 1782 Nonsectarian Bethlehem Female Seminary
A battlefield map for the Battle of Princeton, 1777 Nassau Hall, which briefly served as the U.S. capitol in 1783 [20] Princeton University's campus, December 2016 Nassau Street at night, 2016 Princeton University's campus was used as one of the sets for the 2004 film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
After the European discovery of North America in the 15th century, European nations competed to establish colonies on the continent. In the late 16th century, the area claimed by England was well defined along the coast, but was very roughly marked in the west, extending from 34 to 48 degrees north latitude, or from the vicinity of Cape Fear in present-day North Carolina well into Acadia.
1606 – The joint-stock company Virginia Company of London is founded and granted a Royal Charter by James I to settle in the New World. 1607 – Establishment of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. The short lived Popham Colony founded in Maine by the Virginia Company of Plymouth.
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
The Ohio Country, showing present-day U.S. state boundaries. The Ohio Company, formally known as the Ohio Company of Virginia, was a land speculation company organized for the settlement by Virginians of the Ohio Country (approximately the present U.S. state of Ohio) and to trade with the Native Americans.