Table of Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 7
3. Table of Contents 11
4. I. The Governor – Position and Personnel 21
5. II. The Council – Position and Personnel 48
6. III. The Assembly – Position and Personnel 73
7. IV. Legislative History – The Morris Administration 101
8. V. Legislative History – The Belcher and Franklin Administrations 133
9. VI. The Proprietary System and the Land Troubles 171
10. VII. Boundary Disputes 210
11. VIII. The Judicial System 240
12. IX. The Financial System 273
13. X. New Jersey in the Third and Fourth Intercolonial Wars 319
14. XI. Religious and Social Conditions 360
15. XII. New Jersey and Parliamentary Taxation 407
16. XIII. The Overthrow of Royal Government 441
17. Index 495