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The Greenwith Tea Party begins. People burn tea and throw it into the Delaware River.
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George Washington crosses the Delaware River and ends up in present day New Jersey.
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In the Battle of Monmouth Brittish and Continental fight.
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New Jersey joins the USA as the 3rd state!
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The first full set of of dinosaur bones in the U.S.A. is found in Haddonfield, NJ.
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New Jersey signs the 13th Amendment and frees the last 16 slaves.
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Walt Whitman moves in with his brother in Camden when his mother dies.
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The Holland Tunnel Opens joining New Jersey with lower Manhatten.
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The George Washington Bridge is built and it opens to the public.
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Kenneth Gibson becomes Newark's first African American Mayor.
