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1524年，義大利人韋拉札諾(Giovanni
da Verrazano)是第一位探索現今新澤西的歐洲人。新澤西為最初的13州之一(在1787年加入聯邦)，以位於英吉利海峽(English
Channel)內的新澤西島命名。因其境內擁有豐腴的農田，故又名「花園之州」(Garden
State)。喬治華盛頓將軍在特稜頓(Trenton)一役，是獨立戰爭期間的一場關鍵性的勝利。當時，他從賓州出發，穿越德拉瓦河(Delaware
River)，對駐紮在該處的黑森(Hessian)士兵發動襲擊。新澤西的首府是特稜頓，而它的州花是紫蘿蘭；吸引世界各地的人們前來的渡假勝地大西洋城(Atlantic
City)是美國小姐選美賽的發起地。
Italian Giovanni da Verrazano, in 1524, was the first European to explore the area we know today as New Jersey. One of the original 13 states (it joined the Union in 1787), it was named after the island of Jersey in the English Channel. New Jersey is referred to as the "Garden State" because of its fertile farmland. General George Washington won a key Revolutionary War battle at Trenton when he crossed the Delaware River from Pennsylvania and surprised the Hessian soldiers stationed there. Trenton is the state capital, and the flower is the purple violet. Atlantic City, a resort town and home to the Miss America pageant, attracts visitors from around the world.
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