Building a State and a Country

1783	Princeton served as the nations capital until 1784 when it was moved to Trenton, NJ, and then to Philadelphia before finally ending up in Washington, DC.
1787	New Jersey becomes the third state to ratify The Constitution of the United States and be admitted to the union, December 18.
1790	Trenton is named the state capital. New Jersey was the first state to sign The Bill of Rights