Chapter 2; Lesson 2 - Europeans Arrive

Chapter 2; Lesson 2 - Europeans Arrive

Early Explorers and Settlers

• In 1523, Giovanni da Verrazzano was sent by the French on a voyage

• Verrazzano landed in NOW present day New York Bay in 1524

• In 1609, Henry Hudson made the 1st North American land claim for the Dutch

• Cornelius Mey started the settlement of New Netherlands in North America amd would later become New Jersey

Multiple Choice

Who founded the first European settlement on land that later became New Jersey?

• Giovanni de Verrazzano

• Cornelius Mey

• Henry Hudson

• Mickey Mouse

Early Explorers and Settlers Part II

• In 1660, the first town of the colony in New Netherlands, Bergen, was founded and it is now called Jersey City.

• New Netherlands stretched across what is now Northern New Jersey

• Swedish, Finnish, and German settlers arrived to the South of New Netherlands and settled in Lower Delaware

• The Swedish, Finnish, and German settlers called the Southern section New Sweden

Poll

Would Vineland be located in the New Netherlands section or New Sweden section?

• New Sweden

• New Netherlands

Reasons why settlers came to NJ

• To make money. EX: Fur Trade, Trading with Native Americans

• Religious Freedom. EX: Jewish and Quakers were being persecuted (punished) and came to the new world to practice their religion freely

Dutch vs. England

• In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant was sent to govern New Netherlands

• Stuyvesant was not well liked and his actions were harsh

• The King of England, Charles II gave the land of New Netherlands to his brother, the Duke of York

• Charles II sent over English fleet to take New Netherlands from the Dutch

• Peter Stuyvesant surrendered peacefully to England and many Dutch colonists stayed even when England took control

Multiple Choice

How did King Charles II (King of England) take over New Netherlands from the Dutch?

• Peter Stuyvesant was a double agent for England

• Sent a letter

• England sent over a fleet of ships to take it by force

• The Dutch and England went to war