Short answers, pulled from the story.
Princeton University received its charter as the College of New Jersey on the 22nd of October 1746. The institution emerged from a split within the Presbyterian church following the Great Awakening.
Four founders who were expelled or withdrew from the Synod of Philadelphia devised a plan to establish a new college in 1746. They chose New Jersey because no other institution existed between Yale in Connecticut and William & Mary in Virginia.
British soldiers briefly occupied Nassau Hall before surrendering to General George Washington in 1777. From the 30th of June 1783, to the 4th of November 1783, Nassau Hall served as the seat of Congress and thus the capital of the United States.
Trustees voted 24 to 8 in favor of coeducation in January 1969. One hundred one female freshman and 70 transfer students enrolled in September 1969.
Princeton has an endowment of $37.7 billion which is the largest per student in the United States with figures exceeding $4.4 million per student according to 2021 data. The total cost of attendance was $77,690 for the 2021, 2022 academic year.