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7/29/2019 Luke - New Jersey

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New Jersey

By LukeMcMahon


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Why New Jersey? I picked New Jersey as my project on the United States of America

because I am from New Jersey.

I was born in Morristown, Morris County, New Jersey on ThursdayDecember 27th 2001.

I lived in New Jersey for three years, visited all the well known spotslike the famous Jersey shore, Atlantic City, Princeton University and

Cape May.

We lived near Jockey Hollow, where George Washington and thecontinental army camped from December 1779 to June 1780during the American Revolution.

My earliest memories are of chasing squirrels in the Jockey Hollowwoods.


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Facts New Jersey was the 3rd state in the U.S.A. It became a state on

December 18, 1787. It is the 47th biggest state, so one of the smallest.

The State capital is Trenton but the largest city is Newark.

The population is 8.4 million and its area is 3,722 sq mile.

Name of residents is New Jerseyites.

Major rivers- Delaware and Hudson.

State nickname - Garden state and State motto - Liberty andProsperity.

Number of counties- 21.

Bordering states are New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware.

The first White House was in New Jersey.

Major Industries- Farming, chemicals, insurance, tourism.

The first game of baseball happened in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1846.


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History of New Jersey The first people to live in New Jersey were the Delaware Indians.

They lived there starting at least 10,000 years ago.

Around 1524, Giovanni de Verrazano became the first Europeanto explore New Jersey.

The colonial history of New Jersey started after Henry Hudsonsailed through Newark Bay in 1609. Although Hudson was British, heworked for the Netherlands, so he claimed the land for the Dutchand called it New Netherlands.

In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British tookcontrol of the land and added it to their colonies.

For many years, New Jersey shared a royal governor with New

York. The governorship was finally split in 1738 when New Jerseygot its own governor, Lewis Morris.


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History of New Jersey In 1776 New Jersey declared itself an independent state and

joined the colonial side in the Revolutionary War.

New Jersey was an important state during the Revolutionary Warbecause of its location. More battles were fought in New Jerseythan in any other state.

After winning the Battle of Trenton,

General George Washington won thebattle of Princeton. The British fledNew Jersey for New York. Washingtonand his troops spent the rest of thewinter in Morristown, and the UnitedStates was well on its way to victory.

In 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S.Constitution and the first state to sign the Bill of Rights.

In 1790, Trenton officially became the state capital of NewJersey. William Livingston became New Jersey's first state

governor.


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History of New Jersey New Jersey prospered during the early 1800s. New

factories sprung up throughout the state.

South Jersey remained rural, growing the crops to feed theurban areas nearby.

During the Civil War, New Jersey provided 31 regiments(groups of soldiers), including cavalry (soldiers onhorseback) and infantry (soldiers on foot)

After the Civil War, the industrial revolution was under way,and New Jersey continued to grow.

Many immigrants came from Ireland and Germany. Later,people came from other countries in Europe.

A lot of genius inventors lived in New Jersey and helpedwith the states economic expansion. Thomas Edison isprobably most famous, he invented the light bulb anddeveloped the motion picture while working in New Jersey.


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History of New Jersey The Great Depression of the 1930s hit New Jersey hard, bringing

massive unemployment.

The state recovered during World War II in the 1940s as NewJersey's electronics and chemical industries began operations.

The New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway roadsopened in the 1950s, connecting the rural parts with the cities.

October 29, 2012 Hurricane Sandy made landfall in New Jerseyand destroyed 346,000 homes and killed 37 people. Damage isestimated to be 30 billion dollars.

New Jersey today is in the process of rebuilding.


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Famous New Jerseyities

Frank SinatraSinger / Actor

Kevin Spacey - Actor

Bruce Springsteen - Musician

Meryl Streep - Actress

Jack Nicholson - Actor

Whitney Houston - Singer

Jon Bon Jovi - Musician

Ice TRapper / Actor


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Conclusion New Jersey is a great place to visit because there is

something for everyone.

From national historic parks, battlefield sites and great

historic estate homes.

From the famous New Jersey boardwalk/ beaches, casinos

in Atlantic City and the lighthouse at Cape May.

New Jersey has the traditional four seasons, cold and

snowy in Winter, sunny in Spring, hot in Summer and bright

orange leaves in the Autumn so you can plan your day

out without worrying about the weather like Ireland.

I hope to go back and visit New Jersey soon


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New Jersey Quiz What county in NJ, am I from?

How many counties are there in NJ?

Name the capital of NJ?

What is its nickname?

Who were the first people to live in NJ?

What was the first name of NJ?

Who was NJs first State governor?

Name a famous person from NJ?

What states border NJ?

When was George Washington in Morristown, NJ?

What terrible event happened to NJ in October 2012.

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