New Jersey

New Jersey (often informally abbreviated to "Jersey") is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. It is the fourth smallest, tenth most populous, and is the most densely populated of the fifty states of the United States. The state is named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. It is bordered on the north by New York, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the southwest by Delaware, and on the west by Pennsylvania. Parts of New Jersey lie within the metropolitan areas of New York, Philadelphia, and the Delaware Valley.

Inhabitated by Native Americans for more than 11,000 years, the area was settled by the Swedes and Dutch. The British later seized control of the region, which was granted to Sir George Carteret and John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton as the colony of New Jersey. New Jersey was an important site during the American Revolutionary War; several decisive battles were fought there. Later, working-class cities such as Paterson helped to drive the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century. New Jersey's position at the center of the BosWash megalopolis, between Boston, New York City, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, D.C., fueled its rapid growth through the suburban boom of the 1950s and beyond.

New Jersey is clearly the greatest state in the union. It is home to the worlds greatest pro hockey franchise, the New Jersey Devils, and host a yearly bear hunt in which 75 million bears are killed ( half of them by Chuck Norris ). New Jersey is just more than New York's back yard. It features a ton of Urban Legends that are featured in a magazine called Weird New Jersey. New Jersey is also more than just shopping malls and suburbs, it hosts a amazing ocean shore and a vast array of wildlife seen in middle and southern jersey.