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You take that back, New Jersey

By adamg on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 6:22pm

Watching the DNC roll call, where every state boasts of its uniqueness and where this guy from New Jersey just boldly stated "We are the state that started the Revolution!" Wha?

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By anon on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 6:57pm.

Just let them have this one. They need it more than we do.

By anon on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 7:24pm.

New Jersey is revolting.

By Rob on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 7:26pm.

Not THAT Revolution!

The Revolution he was talking about - He meant they were the first state to start hating Christie and Trump.

Seriously, though... one of New Jersey's nicknames is "Crossroads of The Revolution", and several important battles happened there.

By NickIceCream on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 9:27pm.

I am not sure any battles of consequence occurred in Massachusetts after Bunker Hill. Somehow we managed to stat the war and have most of it fought elsewhere.

By adamg on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 11:13pm.

Maybe the British evacuating Boston and essentially ceding Massachusetts to the colonials?

Yep, most of the rest of the war was fought elsewhere, but that doesn't negate the fact the war essentially began here, not in New Jersey.

By another anon on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 12:04am.

Exactly. The Boston Massacre, the Tea Party, Lexington and Concord? The Intolerable Acts aimed directly at Massachusetts?

This was the start of the revolution. The war came later.

By chaosjake on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 9:39am.

Plus, after evacuation, the British basically treated Massachusetts as a lost cause. Too much of the populace was too stirred up by the Patriot cause. Unlike in places like New York and New Jersey, they didn't really have any hope of winning back Massachusetts, so the strategy for much of the war was to try to cut off and isolate rebellious Massachusetts (and the rest of New England) from the other colonies. It didn't work.

By gopoundsand on Tue, 07/26/2016 - 10:02pm.

eh adam, fahgetaboutit

By Felicity on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 8:23am.

Dude also said New Jersey is the only state with 2 Senators. OK.

http://www.app.com/story/news/politics/2016/07/26/democratic-national-co...

By SPJ on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 12:33pm.

He said the only state with "two great senators." I figured he meant they were the only ones with two Democratic senators, and then I was all "waiiiiiiiiit."

At first I figured he meant that N.J. was the first state to go for Sanders but Hilary won Jersey in a landslide. So, I give up!

By anon on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 12:04pm.

Maybe he meant Evolution...

By Gary C on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 3:25pm.

New Jersey? More like DE-evolution.

By MadAsHell on Wed, 07/27/2016 - 7:54pm.

The Gaspee was captured and set ablaze in the Providence River which pre dated the Tea Party but RI doesnt get any credit other than being the bastard child of Mass!