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NJ Early History Notes 1-19
18 cards·by giovanetti@mckeown.o
1. Who were the first people to live on the land in New Jersey?
Delaware Indians
2. What would the men of the Delaware tribes do during the day
The men would hunt or fish during the day.
3. What would the women of the Delaware tribes do during the day?
The women worked in the gardens.
4. Who was the first European to explore New Jersey and around what year?
Around 1524, Giovanni de Verrazano became the first European to explore New Jersey.
5. When did the Colonial period begin in New Jersey and with which explorer?
The colonial history of New Jersey started after Henry Hudson sailed through Newark Bay in
1609.
6. Even though Henry Hudson was British, he declared New Jersey for the Netherlands. Why? What
was the land called?
He worked for the Netherlands, so he claimed the land for the Dutch. It was called New
Netherlands.
7. Who were the first European settlers in New Jersey?
The Dutch, Swedes, and Finns were the first European settlers in New Jersey.
8. In what year was New Netherlands lost by the Dutch and claimed as a British colony?
1664
9. What was the New Netherlands renamed and officially named after?
The land was officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.
10. Early on, New Jersey and New York shared a governor. In 1738, New Jersey got its own
governor. What was his name?
Lewis Morris
11. What did the Lenape call this land?
Lenapehoking
12. What were Lenape houses called?
Wigwams or longhouses
13. What is an archaeologist?
An archaeologist is a scientist who studies the way people lived in the past.
14. What is an artifact?
An artifact is an object left behind by early peoples.
15. What name did the Europeans give the Lenape?
The Delaware.
16. What language did the Lenape speak?
Algonquian.
17. What were the two major language groups of the Lenape?
The Munsee and the Unami
18. Which language group lived in Sussex County?
The Munsee