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The early immigrants of the Colonial era wanted to acquire new lands, establish Swedish colonies and profit from new opportunities for trade. The main reasons for the Swedish Immigration to America in the 1800's were disasters such as crop failures, blights and poor harvests leading to poverty.

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Bergen, founded in 1660, was New Jersey's first permanent European settlement. In 1664 the Dutch lost New Netherlands when the British took control of the land and added it to their colonies.

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https://www.nj.gov/nj/about/history/short_history.html
https://www.nj.gov/nj/about/history/short_history.html
www.emmigration.info/swedish-immigration-to-america.htm

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New jersey embraced several religious of groups, by 1701 they had 45 different congregations. They weren’t able to afford churches. Most of the people would meet in barns or houses. All the denominators expanded fast in New Jersey over the 18th century.

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They grew squash, beans, sweet potatoes, and corn.

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Hunter-gatherers, farmers, fishers, trappers.

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Iroquoian and Algonquian dialect

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They practiced Catholicism

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The Finns and Swedes practiced Christianity.