Early European possessions in North America included Spanish Florida, Spanish New Mexico, the English colonies of Virginia (with its North Atlantic offshoot, Bermuda) and New England, the French colonies of Acadia and Canada, the Swedish colony of New Sweden, and the Dutch New Netherland.ther European nations soon disputed the terms of the Treaty of Tordesillas. England and France attempted to plant colonies in the Americas in the 16th century, but these failed. England and France succeeded in establishing permanent colonies in the following century, along with the Dutch Republic.
If all of the Earth's ice sheets and glaciers were to melt, sea level could be up to 265 feet (80 meters) above current mean sea level.
New Jersey base map, Courtesy of Maps.com. This elevation map of New Jersey illustrates the number of feet or meters the state rises above sea level. As you can see, most of New Jersey resides at, or less than 500 feet above, sea level. From sea level at the Atlantic Coast and Delaware Bay, the land rises to the northwest of the state. The highest point in New Jersey, High Point, rises 1,803 feet above sea level.