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Feb 4, 1524
History
1# 1524,- Giovanni de Verrazano became the first European to explore New Jersey. He sailed along the coast and anchored off Sandy Hook. The colonial history of New Jersey started after Henry Hudson sailed through Newark Bay in 1609. Although Hudson was British,http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-jersey -
Quakers
3# 27 1665- Quakers' influence: The abolitionist movement was stronger in South Jersey, mainly because of the large Quaker population near Philadelphia which condemned the "peculiar institution" of slavery, Bilby said. http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-jersey -
indain reservations
4# 1758-One of the first Indian reservations in the United States was established in Burlington County in 1758 for the Lenni-Lenape tribe. The first and only reservation in New Jersey, the Brotherton Reserve was sold back to the state in 1801 by the remaining members of the tribe, who moved up north to join relatives in New Stockbridge, New York. http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-jersey -
Big Business
5# 1765 - Big business: Although New Jerseyans opposed the South's secession, "New Jersey did a lot of business in the South," and did not want to be at : Although New Jerseyans opposed the South's secession, "New Jersey did a lot of business in the South," and did not want to be at war with that region, Bilby noted. Factories in the industrial cities of Newark and Paterson manufactured cheap clothing for use by slaves, so the abolitionist movement was not strong in northern New Jersey, Bilby sa -
Capital
6# 1776- Capital: Trenton Population: 8,791,894 (2010) Size: 8,723 square miles Nickname(s): Garden State Motto: Liberty and Prosperity Tree: Red Oak Flower: Violet Bird: Eastern Goldfinch1776 the British gained control of New Jersey and forced Washington to flee into Pennsylvania. They thought no one would fight during winter, so the British and Hessian soldiers in New Jersey divided into camps to stay until spring. Trenton was considered the most desirable post, and it went to the Hessian sold -
Statehood
7# 1787- statehood this is when they became a state and known for the war. when they got their independance. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
Third State
8# 1787- New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution and the first state to sign the Bill of Rights. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
Trenton
9# 1790- Trenton officially became the state capital of New Jersey. William Livingston became New Jersey's first state governor. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
population
10# 1800-New Jersey grew and prospered during the early 1800s. New factories sprung up throughout the state. Paterson became a textile center and later became known for producing trains and silk. Trenton produced clay products, iron, and steel. Camden, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
William Parker
11# 1858- by William Parker Foulke in Haddonfield, New Jersey. The Hadrosaurus foulkii, as it was later named, proved that the existence of dinosaurs was real, and provided the shocking evidence that dinosaurs could be bipedal. In 1868, it became the first dinosaur skeleton in the world to be mounted on displayhttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
Civil War
12# 1868- No Civil War battles were fought in New Jersey, but between 65,000 and 80,000 soldiers from the state fought for the Union and were "highly commended," said Joseph G. Bilby, editor and author of 19 history books, including "New Jersey's Civil War Odyssey." 1868 •The first virtually complete dinosaur skeleton discovered in North America was unearthedhttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.u -
Voting
13# 1875- No love for Lincoln: New Jersey did not vote for the Republican Abraham Lincoln either time he ran. It split its electoral votes with the Democrat Stephen Douglas in 1860 and the Democrat George McClellan in 1864, who was a general in the Union Army. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F&usg=AFQjCNFS-tDAqeWGUcny6G58Jp_qb3sO2w -
Womens Rights
14# 1885 - Women's role: New Jersey's women made their presence known on and off the battlefields, and included nurses like Cornelia Hancock, who was known as "America's Florence Nightingale," and Somerville native Arabella Wharton Griffith Barlow, who nursed her husband, a general, back to health and later died of typhus while tending to sick soldiers. http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CB0QFjAAahUKEwiakYGFocXIAhWC1IAKHbQoB68&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.state.nj.us%2F& -
State Flag
15# 1896- New Jersey's official state flag was adopted on March 26, 1896. The flag has a buff (light yellow-brown) background; this is the color of part of the uniform selected by General George Washington in 1779 for his New Jersey Continental Line. Part of the state seal (which was designed by Pierre Eugene de Simitiere in 1777) is in the center. In the center is a blue shield with three plows in it. On the sides of the shield are the goddess of liberty (holding a staff and the cap of freedom) -
19th century
2# 1719-During the last quarter of the 19th century, Thomas Edison generated hundreds of inventions in his Menlo Park laboratory, including the phonograph, which recorded and played back sound, and an electric-powered railway. While most recognized for perfecting the incandescent light bulb using a bamboo filament and providing a system of distributing electricity on a mass scale, Edison was awarded.http://www.history.com/topics/us-states/new-jersey -
population
16# 1900-New Jersey's population more than doubled, and manufacturing became a $4 billion industry. Unfortunately, the Great Depression of the 1930s hit New Jersey hard, bringing massive unemployment. The state rebounded during World War II in the 1940s as New Jersey's electronics and chemical industries began large-scale operations. In the mid-1900s, people began moving back into the rural areas from the overcrowded cities. A number of transportation projects helphttp://www.google.com/url?sa=t& -
Supreme Court
17# 1911-the United States Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, viewing it as violating the Sherman Antitrust Act. Standard Oil had controlled nearly 90% of refined oil flows into the United States, having a near complete monopoly upon it. Standard Oil Company was split into 34 smaller companies as a result of the dissolutionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey -
World War 1
18 1919-Camp Merritt was activated for use in World War I. It was from there that many soldiers headed for war in Europe were deployed to Hoboken in order to be shipped off to Europe. Camp Merritt was decommissioned in November 1919.[2] Fort Dix, in Pemberton Township, was also constructed to help in the war effort starting in June 1917.[3] It was used as a training and staging ground throughout the war. After the end of the war, it was converted into a demobilization center. https://en.wikiped -
United States
19 1920-Like much of the rest of the United States, New Jersey entered a prosperous state through the 1920s. Through this period, New Jersey's population and employment rate increased greatly. Though factory production decreased after the end of World War I, production lines still remained in relatively high production. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey -
Traffic
20# 1927 -Opening to traffic between New Jersey and New York on November 13, 1927, the Holland Tunnel became the first mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel. At its maximum depth, the tunnel lies roughly 93 feet beneath the Hudson River. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey -
Great Depression
21# 1933-Like all the rest of the United States, New Jersey was hit hard by the Great Depression. By 1933, one-tenth of the population were dependent upon the Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal. In fact, New Jersey issued begging licenses to the poor and unemployed people because the New Jersey government funds were growing low and were being exhausted.[5] Under the Works Progress Administration, part of the Second New Deal by FDR, many new jobs were provided in order to support the poor and unemp -
Radio
22# 1938- Orson Welles' produced his infamous The War of the Worlds radio broadcast from New Jersey. Listeners were told that a "huge, flaming object, believed to be a meteorite, fell on a farm in the neighborhood of Grover’s Mill, New Jersey, twenty-two miles from Trenton." It went on to describe extraterrestrial monsters that destroyed massive stretches of lands in New Jersey as well as massacring many people. Although it was announced in advance and at conclusion as a radio play, the broadcas -
Port Newark
23#1950s- the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey planned and built the Port Newark-Elizabeth Marine Terminal in the cities of Newark and Elizabeth. This was the first port in the world to containerize due to the innovation of Malcolm McLean and the founding of the Sea-Land Corporation. The newly opened port quickly made the docks of Brooklyn, Lower Manhattan and Hoboken obsolete. In 1985 the port was the busiest in the world. In the early 1950s, the cities of New Jersey began experiencing -
African Americans
24# 1960- so many African Americans felt disenfranchised. This feeling was exacerbated by police forces, which often sided against African Americans. This tension led to race riots, the first of which occurred in Jersey City on August 2, 1964, causing heavy damage to the Jersey City area. 71 stores were damaged and 46 people were injured. From August 11 to August 13, 1964, similar riots occurred in Paterson and Elizabeth. In the Paterson riot, twenty stores and other buildings were damaged, and -
Court
25# 1998- the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in the case of New Jersey v. New York that most of Ellis Island came under the jurisdiction of New Jersey. New York State disputed this claim and retains jurisdiction of a small portion of the island. The dispute has little practical effect since the federal government administers the island through the National Park Service.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Jersey
