SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Native American attacks
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A forest fire
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Lenape were the first Indian tribe to enter into a treaty with the future United States government. In 1776, the Treaty of Easton, signed between the Lenape and the English in 1766, moved the Lenape westward, out of New Jersey, into Pennsylvania, then Ohio and beyond.
Detailed explanation-2: -Within the colony, much of the fighting with the Indians happened along the Delaware River border with Pennsylvania, where European settlers and local natives had long been engaged in a guerilla-warfare-like struggle for control of the land.
Detailed explanation-3: -Cultural differences in trade and land ownership practices created conflict, and the earliest Dutch settlements in New Jersey were destroyed during conflicts with American Indians.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey. Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey’s first permanent European settlement. In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British took control of the land and added it to their colonies.