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.
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.
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.
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The English took over New Netherlands from the Dutch in 1664. New Jersey was part of this Dutch colony, and it was organized under Gov. Philip Carteret IN 1664 as the English colony of New Jersey.
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The first Europeans in New Jersey were the Dutch and Swedish. Under British rule, New Jersey was a proprietary colony.
Peter Minuit was a Dutch explorer that took some Swedish colonists to settle in 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 was first settled by the Dutch, then the Swedes and then the English.
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.
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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.