It became a royal colony controlled by an English king is the right answer.
New Jersey was one of the America's original 13 colony. Prior to becoming the royal colony, the New Jersey was divided into East and West Jersey. The first Governor of the royal colony of New Jersey was Edward Hyde, Lord Combury. Lord Combury was sent back to England in the charge of corruption. Thereafter, the rule of New Jersey went in the hands of the New York governor.
Because the US was the first to successfully develop an atomic bomb
Usually, kids at this age are easily influenced by anything they see, either in their life, or on TV. So they will often try to imitate what happens on TV, whether consciously or unconsciously, that is not that important. Also, many studies have dealt with this question, and whether or not violence on TV actually causes violence of people in real life, but the results were always inconclusive.
