Princeton, New Jersey Colony

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colonial American town settlement in the Thirteen Colonies

Princeton, New Jersey Colony was an 18th-century town in colonial New Jersey that became an important center of education and religion, notably as the home of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Princeton, New Jersey Colony canonical	3
Princeton, Province of New Jersey	2

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American town ⓘ settlement in the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
associatedWith	colonial American clergy ⓘ early American higher education ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	American Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: American Enlightenment (intellectual movement)
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
educationalInfluence	influential in training colonial clergy and leaders ⓘ
educationLevel	site of higher education ⓘ
foundedInPeriod	18th century ⓘ
governedBy	colonial government of New Jersey ⓘ
hasCollege	College of New Jersey ⓘ surface form: College of New Jersey (colonial)
hasColonialStatus	chartered town in New Jersey Colony ⓘ
hasInstitution	College of New Jersey ⓘ surface form: College of New Jersey (colonial)
hasNotableBuilding	Nassau Hall ⓘ surface form: Nassau Hall (colonial college building)
hasRole	educational center in the Middle Colonies ⓘ religious center for Presbyterianism in colonial America ⓘ
hasSettlementType	town ⓘ
historicalEra	Colonial America ⓘ pre-Revolutionary period ⓘ
knownFor	center of education in colonial New Jersey ⓘ center of religion in colonial New Jersey ⓘ site of the College of New Jersey ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
laterNameOfInstitution	Princeton University ⓘ
laterPartOf	Mercer County, New Jersey ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ North America ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ
partOf	Middlesex County, New Jersey ⓘ surface form: Middlesex County, New Jersey Colony
predecessorOf	Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ surface form: Princeton, New Jersey
region	Middle Colonies ⓘ
religiousAffiliationOfLeadingInstitution	Presbyterian ⓘ
religiousContext	part of the Presbyterian network in the Middle Colonies ⓘ
religiousInfluence	influential in colonial Presbyterian theology ⓘ
significantPeriod	18th century ⓘ
timeInExistence	before the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
transitionedTo	Princeton, New Jersey in the State of New Jersey ⓘ
transportContext	located along colonial roads between New York and Philadelphia ⓘ
underAuthorityOf	British Crown ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jonathan Edwards → placeOfDeath → Princeton, New Jersey Colony ⓘ

Samuel Davies → placeOfDeath → Princeton, New Jersey Colony ⓘ

Samuel Davies → workLocation → Princeton, New Jersey Colony ⓘ

Esther Edwards Burr → placeOfDeath → Princeton, New Jersey Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Princeton, Province of New Jersey

Esther Edwards Burr → residence → Princeton, New Jersey Colony ⓘ

this entity surface form: Princeton, Province of New Jersey