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New Jersey The Garden State

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Highlights of New Jersey, including facts, figures, history, and tourism information. Geared toward Serbian school children.

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New JerseyThe Garden State

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Wikimedia Commons

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New York City

Philadelphia

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Population and SizePopulation

• New Jersey: 8.865 million

• Serbia: 7.224 million

Size

• New Jersey: 22,608 km2

• Serbia: 88,361 km2

• Serbia is almost four times as big as New Jersey

• But more than 1.6 million more people live in New

Jersey

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State Flag

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State Animal: Horse

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State Bird: Eastern Goldfinch

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State Flower: Common Meadow Violet

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State Shell: Knobbed Whelk

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State Dinosaur: Hadrosaurus

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The Garden State

• Blueberries

• Tomatoes

• Peaches

• Cranberries

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History and Facts• Home to Lenape Native American tribe

• Mostly settled by “resettlers”

• Important during American Revolutionary War

• Princeton was the US capital for a few months

• New Jersey was the third state to join the Union, December 18, 1787

• Princeton University 1746

• Capital is Trenton

• Highest tax rate in the US

• Greatest density of scientists and engineers in the world

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New Jersey Travel Regions

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Delaware Water Gap

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The Jersey Shore

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TV Shows

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Athletes

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Musicians

Frank Sinatra

Bruce Springsteen

Jonas Brothers

Jon Bon Jovi

Whitney Houston

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Actors

James Gandolfini

John Travolta Zach Braff

Meryl Streep

Jason Alexander

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Great Thinkers

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Monopoly

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Six Flags Great Adventure

Kingda Ka

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Food