A state in the north-eastern US, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean; population 8,682,661 (est. 2008); capital, Trenton. Colonized by Dutch settlers and ceded to Britain in 1664, it became one of the original thirteen states of the Union and ratified the US Constitution in 1787.
A state in the northeastern US, on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean; population 8,682,661 (est. 2008); capital, Trenton. Colonized by Dutch settlers and ceded to Britain in 1664, it became one of the original thirteen states of the Union and ratified the US Constitution in 1787.