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warm climate. good soil. large spaces of land for farming. good friendship with the Lenni Lapes Indians

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The Dutch settled in Connecticut in order to be closer to the Native American fur trade. They began trading with different tribes in 1614. Within a few years, a booming trade was established.

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Because the land in western Michigan was swampy, remote, and inexpensive. The Dutch knew about water reclamation and got a good deal on property nobody else wanted.

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It provided them with a chance to practice their religion freely.

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Did Dutch people live in colonial Delaware?

Peter Minuit was a Dutch explorer that took some Swedish colonists to settle in New Jersey.


What group of people came to new jersey?

The first group of people to settle in New Jersey were the Native Americans. However, the first European settlers were Dutch, and Swedish.


New Jersey and Dutch Swedish English?

New Jersey was first settled by the Dutch, then the Swedes and then the English.


What were the first settlements in New Jersey?

The first settlements in New Jersey were people from The Dutch West Indies Company. A little later on people came from Sweden to settle in what is now New Jersey. French people also came and then the Quakers.


Where did the dutch settle in New York?

On Manhattan


Dutch settle New York?

1624


Where did the Dutch explore and then settle?

New York


Who was New Jersey claimed by?

the dutch


Did the Dutch find New Jersey?

no


What year did the dutch settle in new york?

1624


What colonies did the dutch and English settle?

New York


Where did the Swedish and Dutch settle?

The Swedish primarily settled in the eastern part of North America, founding colonies such as New Sweden along the Delaware River. The Dutch settled in New Netherland, which encompassed present-day New York City and parts of New Jersey, Delaware, and Connecticut.