GLÿÿCEventAmerican Civil WarlÈÿÿ™ÎÿÿÿÿCNoteBhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.€American RevolutionÑOÿÿ Zÿÿ€ªBegan with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treaty of Paris. More Revolutionary War engagements were fought in New Jersey--238--than in any other state.½http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001 and http://www.theus50.com/georgia/history.asp#general Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001.€Became a State)`ÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ENew Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Campbell's SoupoüÿÿÍÍÍÍCamden€¶The Campbell Soup Company of Camden introduced convenience foods such as condensed soup and canned vegetables, to capture the new consumer market for prepared foods for the home. jhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_4/1880-1920.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€'Creation of the Dominion of New EnglandnÒþÿÍÍÍÍNew York€pKing James II consolidated the northern colonies (including New York and New Jersey) with the capital in Boston.VFleming, Thomas. New Jersey: A Bicentennial History, New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 15.€Dutch Settlers~þÿÍÍÍÍ Jersey City€;Dutch began to settle Pavonia in what is now Jersey City. hhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_1/Period1.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Electric Light1ãÿÿÍÍÍÍ Menlo Park€ŽThomas Edison invented a workable electric light, his carbon filament lamp, at his laboratory. It was the first incandescent electric lamp. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the INternet, July 15, 2001.€English Take PossessionÔ¯þÿÍÍÍÍNew Netherlands€ÿ"In March of 1664, King Charles II gave to his brother James, all the land in North America between The Connecticut and Delaware Rivers. This included the area today know as New Jersey. When a fleet came from England to claim this territory, the Dutch surrendered without a shot being fired.UFleming, Thomas. New Jersey: A Bicentennial History, New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 6.€First Black Mayor‡dÍÍÍÍNewark€aKenneth A. Gibson became the first black to win a mayoral election in a major Northeast city. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€First Issue of Paper Money5ðþÿÍÍÍÍ€xCalled "Bills of Credit", they were offered to people in amounts of 100 pounds, to be repaid in a stated amount of time.UFleming, Thomas. New Jersey: A Bicentennial History, New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 29€First Miss America PageantòÍÍÍÍ Atlantic City€aMargaret Gorman of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first Miss America in Atlantic City, N.J. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€First Separate Royal Governor•ÿÿÍÍÍÍ€NThe Duke of Newcastle appointed Lewis Morris, a prominent New Jersey resident.YFleming, Thomas. New Jersey: A Bicentennial History, New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 31-32.€Holland TunnelÃ'ÍÍÍÍ€jThe Holland Tunnel opened to the public, linking New York City and New Jersey beneath the Hudson River. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Lindbergh Kidnappingå-ÍÍÍÍHopewell€ÿùThe infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh was kidnapped from his nursery at the family home. A handwritten note left at the scene demanded a $50,000 ransom. Under relentless public scrutiny, the Lindberghs complied with the ransom demands, but on May 12, the child's remains were found two miles from their home. German immigrant Bruno Richard Hauptmann was arrested and convicted for the crime amid a frenzy of biased media coverage. Hauptmann maintained his innocence until his execution in 1936. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€New Jersey College for WomandÍÍÍÍ€°New Jersey College for Women (now Douglass College) was founded in affiliation with Rutgers University. Mabel Smith Douglass (1877-1933) was its first dean from 1918 to 1933. jhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_4/1880-1920.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€New Jersey DevilsvÍÍÍÍ€wThe New Jersey Devils play their first regular season game in the NHL: a 3-3 tie against the Pittsburgh Penguins. ]http://www.geocities.com/~trentontitans/njhockey.htm Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.€New Jersey's Paul RevereÎOÿÿÏOÿÿSandy Hook to Burlington€öOn July 1, militiamen standing watch noticed a huge number of British ships approacing the coast. Lt. Col. Nathaniel Scuder mounted his horse and galloped all night to warn the Provincial Congress. The news was rushed to the Continental Congress.VFleming, Thomas. New Jersey: A Bicentennial History, New York: WW Norton, 1977. p. 60.€Princeton University Charteredq%ÿÿÍÍÍÍ€§The University later established a reputation for its spring ritual of sophomores running naked at midnight after the first snowfall. This ritual was banned in 1999. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Restraining ActNÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ÁLord North extended the New England Restraining Act to South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The act forbade trade with any country other than Britain and Ireland. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Settlement of NewarkܲþÿÍÍÍÍNewark€ÿÁA group of Puritans from the New Haven Colony settled Newark, New Jersey. Philip Carteret, Governor of Nova Caesarea, or New Jersey, had given these Puritans clear title to the land on which they were to settle, but it later developed that the Hackensack Indians, the original owners, did not consider this title sufficient proof of ownership. So, one year later, in 1667, the Indians sold a forty thousand acre tract directly to the Newark settlersWhttp://www.rootsweb.com/~genepool/njriots1.htm Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.€Slavery Abolished7wÿÿÍÍÍÍ€@New Jersey became the last northern state to abolish slavery. `http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/newjersey.html Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Taxation Without RepresentationÊÄÿÿÍÍÍÍ East Orange€äLucy Stone (1818-1893), abolitionist and women’s rights advocate, refused to pay the real estate taxes on her home in East Orange to protest New Jersey women' s disenfranchisement and charged taxation without representation. jhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_3/1844-1879.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.€!The First New Jersey ConstitutionÏOÿÿÍÍÍÍ€ïIt gave "all inhabitants . . . worth fifty pounds proclamation money" the right to vote. The omission of the term male allowed female property owners to vote, a right that was revoked by the New Jersey legislature on November 16,1807. jhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_2/1776-1843.htm Taken form the Internet, July 15, 2001.€Women Get the Vote·ÍÍÍÍ€ŸNew Jersey became the twenty-ninth state legislature to ratify the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution which granted women the right to the vote. jhttp://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_4/1880-1920.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.