they came to New Jersey to live here for they could eat food and where clothes
Actually the first known inhabitants were the Native Americans. The first Europeans were the Swedish and Dutch settlers.
why did the lenape settle in the new jersey area
15000
Lenape
The Lenni-Lenape
LENI Lenape !
They went to the Jersey Shore and picked clams and more
The Lenni-Lenape
They called themselves the Lenape.
If you mean when did European settlers first discover New Jersey, Europeans first came into contact with Lenape Indians living in New Jersey in 1600. It's hard to tell how long the Lenape Indians had been settled there before the Europeans arrived.
The Lenape people spoke Lenape, which is a member of the Algonquian language family. This language was historically spoken in present-day Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and eastern Pennsylvania. Today, efforts are being made to revitalize the Lenape language.
The Lenni Lenape spoke the algonquin Language. Now most of them speak english.