Question

The first jewish colonists who arrived in the new world were primarily of __________ descent

Answer 1

The correct answer is - Dutch.

The first Jews to settle in the Americas were primarily of Dutch descent. The first Jews that migrated into the New World were usually individual settlers and not as a group. The first recorded Jew to set on foot on American soil was Joachim Gans in 1584. Some of the other initial Jewish settlers are Elias Legarde, Solomon Franco, Solomon Pietersen... All of them were Sephardic Jews.