Battle of Monmouth, Battle of Monmouth Court House, Monmouth Court House - a pitched battle in New Jersey during the American Revolution (1778) that ended with the withdrawal of British forces

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

Mid-Atlantic states - a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland

Atlantic City - a city on the Atlantic shore in southeastern New Jersey; a resort and gambling center

capital of New Jersey, Trenton - capital of the state of New Jersey; located in western New Jersey on the Delaware river

Bayonne - a city in northeastern New Jersey

Camden - a city in southwestern New Jersey on the Delaware River near Pittsburgh

Jersey City - a city in northeastern New Jersey (opposite Manhattan)

Morristown - a town in northern New Jersey where the Continental Army spent two winters

Newark - the largest city in New Jersey; located in northeastern New Jersey

New Brunswick - a university town in central New Jersey

Paterson - a city of northeastern New Jersey

Princeton - a university town in central New Jersey

Cape May - a cape of southeast New Jersey extending into the Atlantic Ocean

Ellis Island - an island in New York Bay that was formerly the principal immigration station for the United States; "some twelve millions immigrants passed through Ellis Island"

Delaware Bay - an inlet of the North Atlantic; fed by the Delaware River

Colony - one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States