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40) Batsto Village State Historic Site
41) Chestnut Neck Battle Monument
42) Joshua Huddy Park
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Atlantic Seaboard
The 100-mile Atlantic coastline, with its many harbors and bays,
provided American privateers with safe havens, while thwarting
any British naval blockade of New Jersey. The privateer system
established along the Atlantic Seaboard was a great success for the
American cause. It disrupted the British merchant fleet, broke the
British supply line and resulted in the capture of 16,000 British prisoners.
At the same time, it allowed goods and supplies to reach the
Continental Army. By 1777, privateers and merchantmen had brought
in over 2 million pounds of gunpowder and saltpeter.
Natural resources along the seaboard were also important to the
American forces. The saltmarshes produced salt critical to preserving
vast quantities of food for Washington's troops. In addition, forests
and ironworks in the Pine Barrens provided raw materials and supplies
for the Continental Army and Navy.
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