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New Jersey History
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Giovanni da Verrazano, in 1524, was the first European to
explore the area we know today as New Jersey. One of the
original 13 states (it joined the Union in 1787), it was named
after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey is
referred to as the "Garden State" because of its fertile
farmland. General George Washington won a key Revolutionary War
battle at Trenton when he crossed the Delaware River from
Pennsylvania and surprised the Hessian soldiers stationed there.
Trenton is the state capital, and the flower is the purple
violet. Atlantic City, a resort town and home to the Miss
America pageant, attracts visitors from around the world. |
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