New Jersey

New Jersey as we are more familiar with today was originally called New Netherlands by the Dutch in 1623. The first European settlers were the Dutch, Finns and Swedes; however in 1664 the Dutch lost control of the land to the British. The land became divided in half between Sir George Carteret who controlled the East side and Lord John Berkley who was in charge of the West side. The land then became known as New Jersey after the Isle of Jersey in the English Channel, where Carteret was a governor of the Isle of Jersey.

 Relations between the Delaware Indians (Lenni-Lappe) were very conflicted, which led to wars. Furthermore the diseases (smallpox, measles and tuberculosis), guns and alcohol the Europeans brought with them made the Lenni Leppe tribe struggle to survive, as a result of this they didn't survive for very long once the Europeans had arrived. However when the English took over from the Dutch the relations became less hostile. That being said Carteret and Berkley sold off the land at low prices. Even though the settlers gave the "Delaware Indians" political and religious freedom, this was particularly unfair as the natives are being told their rights on their own homeland. Seemingly selling this land for simple items such as a trinket. Over time there were  more deals with the Lenni Leppe tribe about buying land, as a result of this some members of the tribe moved north, others west to escape from the whites.