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.
100 C HAPTER 3 ONE AMERICANâS STORY In 1624, the Dutch founded the colony of New Netherland (later New York) on the eastern coast of North America. PeterStuyvesant, the new governor, arrived in the city of NewAmsterdam in May 1647. Because of his rough manner, helost the support of the Dutch colonists.here wereEnglish colonies in New England to the north and Virginia to thesouth. As you have seen, when the dukeâs ships appeared off NewAmsterdam in August 1664, the colony surrendered. New Netherlandbecame the proprietary colony of New York. The Duke of York wasnow the proprietor, or owner, of the colony.