New Jersey: The Garden State

• Capital: Trenton
• Major Cities:
  • Camden
  • Atlantic City
  • Jersey City
  • Newark
  • Patterson
  • Elizabeth
• Major Geographical Features
  • Kittatinny Mountains
  • Piedmont Plateau
  • Pine barrants
  • Cape May
  • Delaware Bay
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • New York Bay
  • Hudson River
  • Delaware River
• National Parks: none
• 1618: New Jersey established as a Dutch colony
• 1664: Becomes an English colony
• 1787: New Jersey becomes the 3rd state
• 1776: George Washington crosses the Delaware River to attack the British at Trenton on Christmas Day
• 1858: Modern paleontology begins in Haddonfield with an almost complete skeleton fossil
• Motto: "Liberty and Prosperity"
• Name Meaning: Named After the Chanel isle of Jersey
• Industries:
  • Chemicals
  • Phamaceuticals
    • 12% of New Jersey's jobs
  • Nursery Plants
  • Machinery
  • Oil Refinery
  • Tourism
  • Electrical Items
• Most densely populated state
• Atlantic City and Jersey City are known for gambling and casinos
• 57% forest or farms
• Famous People
  • Jon Bon Jovi
  • Frank Sinatra
  • Bruce Springsteen
  • Antonin Scalia
  • Paul Simon
  • Martha Stewart
  • Joe Theismann
  • John Travolta
  • William Carlos Williams