New Jersey
Overview
New Jersey is a state
U.S. state
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 in the Northeastern
Northeastern United States
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 and Middle Atlantic
Mid-Atlantic States
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 regions of the United States
United States
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. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean
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, on the west by Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

 and on the southwest by Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...

. New Jersey lies mostly within the sprawling metropolitan area
Metropolitan area
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s of New York City
New York City
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 and Philadelphia and is the most densely populated state in the United States.
Timeline

1664    New Jersey becomes a colony of England.

1664    The colony of New Jersey is founded.

1673    John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton sells his part of New Jersey to the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers.

1766    The last colonial governor of New Jersey, William Franklin, signs the charter of Queen's College (later renamed Rutgers University).

1777    American Revolutionary War: American forces under the command of George Washington repulsed a British attack at the Battle of the Assunpink Creek near Trenton, New Jersey

1783    A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.

1787    New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

1789    New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1815    New Jersey grants the first American railroad charter to John Stevens.

1831    The locomotive ''John Bull'' operates for the first time in New Jersey on the Camden and Amboy Railroad.

 
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