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was a peninsula at what is now Jersey City, and a major landing point for anyone going from New York City into New Jersey. Since it was on the Hudson River, the
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led his army across the state four times and encamped there during three hard winters, enduring some of the greatest's setbacks of the war as well as seminal victories. New Jersey's decisive role in the conflict earned it the title, "Crossroads of the
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2218:Patriots
2128:up i.p.o
2116:Currency
2101:Molasses
1683:Monmouth
1657:Red Bank
1586:Fort Lee
1432:folklore
1246:See also
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1216:Virginia
1092:catalyst
1043:New York
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3181:Amherst
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