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King Francis I of France enlisted Verrazzano to explore the coast of the new world for the purpose of finding a route to the Pacific Ocean.
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Hudson worked for the Dutch East India Company. He would eventually entered Newark Bay, claiming the land for the Dutch who named it, New Netherlands. http://www.biography.com/people/henry-hudson-9346049
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This begins a rivalry between the Dutch and the Swedes over the fur trade. The Dutch under Peter Stuyvesant successfully evicted the Swedes in 1655. https://www.founderspatriots.org/articles/swedish.php
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The Dutch built a permanent village in New Jersey called, Bergen, which was located on a hill between the Hudson and Hackensack rivers.
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The entire region is claimed by England for the Duke of York. The British divide the land in half, giving control of the east side to Sir George Carteret and control of the west side to Lord John Berkley. The land is officially named New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel.
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Founded by Puritans led by Robert Treat.
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Between 1675 and 1681 about fourteen hundred emigrated from the British Isles to West Jersey.
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New Jersey's population is 184,000.
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Immigrants from Europe are attracted to New Jersey during the Industrial Revolution.
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Seven hundred immigrants passed through Ellis Island on day one, and nearly 450,000 followed over the course the first year.
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The law authorized for the admission into the United States of certain European persons displaced by World War II.
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Beginning in the 1950s, Cubans and Puerto Ricans immigrate to New Jersey's large cities. Hispanics have comprised New Jersey's largest immigrant group since World War II.
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The majority of Asian immigrants came from eastern Asia, including India, China, and Japan. By 1980 the three largest Asian groups in the US were Indians, Filipinos, and Koreans.
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