Author: Wendy Moragne Publisher: Marshall Cavendish ISBN: 9780761430063 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 148
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New Jersey is ... a gem. Rich in beauty and rich in history, the Garden State has proven itself special through the years. This state is a place of extremes, including the largest seaport in the United States and the most diners. It draws people from all over the world to live and to visit. In fact, New Jersey is the most densely populated American state, averaging thirteen times more people per square mile than the national average. These people have brought with them their cultures, their talents, and their dreams. They have shaped the way of life in New Jersey just as they have shaped the soil, and they have made New Jersey the great state it is today. Book jacket.
Author: Muriel L. Dubois Publisher: Capstone ISBN: 9780736826785 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 36
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Provides an introduction to the history, government, economy, resources, and people of the New Jersey Colony. Includes maps, charts, and a timeline.
Author: Roberta Wiener Publisher: Heinemann-Raintree Library ISBN: 9780739868836 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 70
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A detailed look at the formation of the colony of New Jersey, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1664 and an epilogue on New Jersey today.
Author: James J. Gigantino Publisher: Rutgers University Press ISBN: 0813571936 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 224
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Winner of the 2016 New Jersey Studies Academic Alliance Authors Award for the Edited Works Category Battles were fought in many colonies during the American Revolution, but New Jersey was home to more sustained and intense fighting over a longer period of time. The nine essays in The American Revolution in New Jersey, depict the many challenges New Jersey residents faced at the intersection of the front lines and the home front. Unlike other colonies, New Jersey had significant economic power in part because of its location between the major ports of New York and Philadelphia. New people and new ideas arriving in the colony fostered tensions between Loyalists and Patriots that were at the core of the Revolution. Enlightenment thinking shaped the minds of New Jersey’s settlers as they began to question the meaning of freedom in the colony. Yeoman farmers demanded ownership of the land they worked on and members of the growing Quaker denomination decried the evils of slavery and spearheaded the abolitionist movement in the state. When larger portions of New Jersey were occupied by British forces early in the war, the unity of the state was crippled, pitting neighbor against neighbor for seven years. The essays in this collection identify and explore the interconnections between the events on the battlefield and the daily lives of ordinary colonists during the Revolution. Using a wide historical lens, the contributors to The American Revolution in New Jersey capture the decades before and after the conflict as they interpret the causes of the war and the consequences of New Jersey’s reaction to the Revolution.
Author: Kevin Cunningham Publisher: Scholastic ISBN: 9780531266069 Category : New Jersey Languages : en Pages : 0
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A True Book-The Thirteen Colonies Are you thrilled by true adventure stories? do you wonder how our founding fathers conquered the wilds of North America to create the United States? You'll experience it all in these books that tell the story of the brave men and women who escaped tyranny from across the ocean to forge a new world in 13 colonies that led to the birth of the United States of America.
Author: Wendy Moragne
Author: Muriel L. Dubois
Author: Roberta Wiener
Author: Bob Italia
Author: John Edwin Pomfret
Author: Barbara Krasner
Author: Barbara Krasner
Author: James J. Gigantino
Author: Richard Patrick McCormick
Author: Kevin Cunningham