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December 18, 1787 - New Jersey is the 3rd state to ratify the Constitution. making it the third state to enter the union.
Area - 8,215 sq. miles Capital - Trenton © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
Motto - Liberty and Prosperity Nickname - Garden State

- East and West Jersey is combined into one colony in 1702.
- William Trent started a village in 1721 called "Trent's Town," which became Trenton and the state's capital city in 1790.
- Lewis Morris becomes the first governor of New Jersey in 1738.
- From 1776 to 1783 more than 100 Revolutionary War battles take place in New Jersey, making it known as "The Crossroads of the Revolution."
- New Jersey adopts its first state constitutionin 1776.
- For a short time in 1783 Princeton serves as the nation's capital.
- Trenton serves as the nation's capital for a brief time in 1784.
- New Jersey was the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution becoming the 3rd State of the Union on December 12, 1787. © Copyright 2005 Roger W Hancock
- The US Constitutional Convention of 1787 gives the states the right to set voting qualifications. New Jersey is the only state to continue allowing women the right to vote.
- New Jersey in 1789 becomes the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.
- New Jersey is the first state to sign the Bill of Rights in 1790.
- "All free inhabitants" in 1790 are granted the vote in New Jersey.
- New Jersey in 1807 becomes the last state to deny women the right to vote.
- New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson in 1912 is elected President of the U.S.
- In Newark, New Jersey, 1970, Kenneth Gibson becomes the first black mayor of an Eastern city.
- A state income tax is organized in 1976.
- Christine Todd Whitman in 1993 takes office as New Jersey's first female governor.
- The U.S. Supreme Court rules in 1998 that 24 acres of Ellis Island, located in the Hudson River next to the Statue of Liberty, is a part of New Jersey.

One Vote Counts in New Jersey.
Sources - http://www.shgresources.com - http://www.dpsinfo.com/women/history/timeline.html - http://www.amazoncastle.com/feminism/sufftime.shtml - http://www.galegroup.com/free_resources/bhm/timeline.htm - http://www.elmersflag.com/products.cfm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_mottos - http://www.livgenmi.com/statemotto.htm

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