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.
History of the New York Colony. 1  Giovanni de Verrazano first explored the area that is now New York in 1524. The region was next explored by Henry Hudson and Samuel de Champlain in the early 1600âs. 2  In 1625, Peter Minuit founded New Amsterdam at the outflow of the Hudson River.