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  1. In 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the United States Constitution. In the 19th century, New Jersey cities led the United States into the Industrial Revolution and New Jersey soldiers fought in many of the United States wars throughout the 1800s, including 88,000 soldiers during the American Civil War.

  2. New Jersey - Colonial, Revolution, Statehood: Before the Europeans arrived, the Delaware (or Lenni Lenape) Indians had long occupied the region. In 1524 the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to reach New Jersey. Almost a century passed before colonization began with the arrival in 1609 of the English navigator Henry Hudson, who sent a party to explore Sandy Hook ...

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  4. Charles Pinckney (SC), Madison's Notes of Debates in the Federal Convention. Saturday, June 16, 1787: The Convention Today. The convention resolved itself once more into a Committee of the Whole to compare the Virginia and the New Jersey plans. This debate will take up the rest of June. Lansing (NY) called for reading the first resolution of ...

  5. Nov 9, 2009 · In 1787, New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and the first to sign the Bill of Rights. In 1790, Trenton officially became the state capital of New Jersey, and William ...

  6. Virginia Plan, along with the New Jersey Plan, one of two major proposals for the framework of the United States government presented at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787. It was known as the Virginia Plan because it was presented to the convention by delegates of the state of.

  7. Early Statehood. 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 New Jersey. William Livingston became New Jersey's first state governor. New Jersey grew and prospered during the early 1800s.

  8. 5 days ago · In sum, New Jersey is a curious amalgam of urban and rural, poor and wealthy, progressive and conservative, parochial and cosmopolitan. Indeed, it is one of the most diverse states in the union. Area 8,723 square miles (22,591 square km). Population (2020) 9,288,994; (2023 est.) 9,290,841.

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