Unit 2, Lesson 1Europeans Arrive

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Created by the students of 4SEdited by Miss Swan

The Trip on Atlantic Ocean

• 1400’s: Europeans traded with Asia—traveled there a lot– slow/dangerous travel to Asia – believed easier to cross A.O.– landed in N. Am. by accident!

• 1492: Christopher Columbus sailed west on A.O.– reached San Salvador– believed he was in Asia, but really in N. Am.

Other Explorers in NJ

• 1500s: Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano 1st to NJ– Sailed along N coast to NY Bay

• 1600s: Henry Hudson sailed up Hudson Rv. (named after him)– 1st European to meet Lenape

New Netherland and Trade

• 1614: Dutch start colony (New Netherland)

– colony: settlement ruled by a faraway government

– included most of DE, NY, CT, PA, NJ

• Dutch eager to trade with Lenape to get furs

– Furs in high demand in Europe (demand: need for a good, or product, by people willing to pay for it)

– Dutch increased supply of fur and made lots of money selling to Europe! (supply: amount of a good that is offered for sale)

– Dutch traded coins, metal tools, cloth

Troubles Begin

• Dutch welcomed by Lenape at first– Traded– Lenape taught Dutch to make fire, clear land,

and fish

• Dutch started trouble– demanded more fur/corn– Lenape said no, so Dutch attacked– fight lasted 6 yr.

Dutch Settlements

• 1626: Dutch started building New Amsterdam– on Manhattan Island (NYC today)– center of New Netherland government

• Bought land west of Hudson Rv. (Piedmont region) from Lenape– wheat/livestock farms– slaves from Africa worked on farms

New Sweden

• 1638: Swedish people settled in SW NJ along DE Rv. (called New Sweden)– also traded with Lenape to get furs—made

Dutch mad

• 1655: New Sweden lasted for 17 yr. until Dutch took over– Most Swedish colonists stayed

• 1660: Dutch also settled in village called Bergen

The English

• England wanted control of Atlantic Coast (including New Netherland)

• King Charles II gave brother James, Duke of York, land between CT/DE rivers

• 1664: Duke of York sent 4 warships to take over New Netherlands– Dutch surrendered– “New Jersey”—name given to land between

Hudson & DE Rv.

Settlements

• Dutch life changed little under English:– same rights– kept language, religion, culture

• Dutch adopted Eng. ways, learned Eng., married into Eng. families

• Eng. encouraged others to move to NJ• Lenape migration (moved West to Canada,

Wisconsin, Oklahoma)– Eng. took over Lenape land– Brought deadly diseases to Lenape people