Excerpt from Four Chapters of Paterson History: I, the War for Independence, II, the Early White Settlers, III, Struggle for Industrial Supremacy, IV, Municipal Administration The people of New Jersey took an active part in the quarrel between this country and Great Britain over the question of taxation. They were willing contributors, both in men and money, to the wars waged by England against the French, the Indians and other enemies in this country, but they wanted to have something to say about how the money was to be collected for the benefit of the mother country. The subject was one that afforded numerous dis eussions in the assembly and other lawmaking bodies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.