A calf in the New Forest, England. Calves (/Ëkaevz/ ËkÃ¦vz /or/ ; ËkÉËvz singular /calf/ Ëkaef /ËkÃ¦f/) or ËkÉËf are the young of. Domestic cattle calves are reared to become, adult cattle or are slaughtered for, their meat, called veal and for. their calfskin
Colony Of New Jersey. A Brief History. New Jersey was so named, in 1664, at the time of its conquest by the English from the Dutch, in honor of Sir George Carteret, who had been governor of the Isle of Jersey, in the British Channel, and to whom, with Lord Berkley, the Duke of York conveyed the territory.
The settlers of the Dutch West Indies Company bought Manhattan and Staten Island in exchange for trade goods. The British eventually took over from the Dutch Knickerbockers and renamed New Amsterdam, New York. whale. The Dutch founded New York, only they called New Amsterdam, its name was changed to New York by the British when they took it over. New York was originally called New Amsterdam, settled by the Dutch. When the English got it, they renamed it New York.