New Jersey
     
 


Italian 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.

New Jersey Profile
Capital, Trenton | Largest city, Newark
Statehood Dec. 18, 1787 (3d of original 13)
Nickname, Garden State
Motto, Liberty and Prosperity
State bird, Eastern goldfinch
State flower, purple violet | State tree, red oak


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•  Cape May
•  Princeton
•  Spring Lake and Asbury Park
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