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the Swedish governor, Printz, who arrived from Sweden the year after, (1642,) was to "act kindly and faithfully toward them; and as these English expected soon, by further arrivals, to increase their numbers to several hundreds, and seemed also willing to be subjects of the Swedish government, he was to receive them under allegiance, though not without endeavoring to effect their removal."
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vicinity of the fort. New Sweden was formally incorporated into New Netherland although the Swedish and Finnish settlers were allowed local autonomy. They retained their own militia, religion, court, and lands. This lasted until the English conquest of New Netherland, launched on June 24, 1664. The Duke of York sold New Jersey to
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The settlers came from all over the Swedish realm. The percentage of Finns in New Sweden grew especially towards the end of the period of colonization. Finns composed 22 percent of the population during Swedish rule, and rose to about 50 percent after the colony came under Dutch rule. A contingent of
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ended the second period of Dutch control and required them to return all of New Netherland to the English on June 29, including the three counties which they created. After taking stock, the English declared on November 11 that settlements on the west side of the Delaware River and Delaware Bay were
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In the summer of 1655, Stuyvesant sailed to Delaware Bay with 7 ships and 317 soldiers and quickly retook Fort Casimir (Fort Trinity). Stuyvesant then proceeded to besiege Fort Christina which surrendered on September 15, 1655. During the siege, the Dutch plundered houses and killed livestock in the
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In 1641, some English families, (probably emigrants from New Haven, Conn.,) embracing about 60 persons, settled on Ferken's creek (now Salem.) About this period, the Swedes bought of the Indians the whole district from Cape May to Raccoon creek; and, in order to unite these English with the Swedes,
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The next step in the assimilation of New Sweden into New York was the extension of the Duke's laws into the region on September 22, 1676. This was followed by the partition of some Upland Counties to conform to the borders of Pennsylvania and Delaware, with most of the Delaware portion going to New
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has suggested that the greatest significance of New Sweden was the strong and lasting interest in America that the colony generated in Sweden, although major Swedish immigration did not occur until the late 19th century. From 1870 to 1910, more than one million Swedes arrived in America, settling
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latitude. The eastern limit was the border with New Jersey at the Delaware River, while the western limit was undefined. In June 1681, Upland ceased to exist as the result of the reorganization of the Colony of Pennsylvania, with the Upland government becoming the government of Chester County,
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Travels into North America: containing its natural history, and a circumstantial account of its plantations and agriculture in general, with the civil, ecclesiastical and commercial state of the country, the manners of the inhabitants, and several curious and important remarks on various
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In 1669, New Sweden was under British rule, but most of the population was still Swedish. A man named Marcus Jacobsson, posing as a member of the Königsmarck family, attempted to instigate a rebellion against the British to return New Sweden to Swedish rule. The rebellion, known as the
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down to Delaware Bay in what is now Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland. Lenape sachem Mattahoon later claimed that the purchase only included as much land as was contained within an area marked by "six trees", and the rest of the land occupied by the Swedes was stolen.
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On March 4, 1681, what had been the colony of New Sweden was formally partitioned into the colonies of Delaware and Pennsylvania. The border was established 12 miles north of New Castle, and the northern limit of Pennsylvania was set at
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On August 24, 1682, the Duke of York transferred the western Delaware River region to William Penn, including Delaware, thus transferring Deale County and St. Jones County from New York to Delaware. St. Jones County was renamed
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to bring a second group of settlers. He made a detour to the Caribbean to pick up a shipment of tobacco to sell in Europe in order to make the voyage profitable; however, he died on this voyage during a hurricane at
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sailed to the colony in 1665, and 92 of the 106 passengers were listed as Finns. Memory of the early Finnish settlement lived on in place names near the Delaware River such as Finland (Marcus Hook), Torne, Lapland,
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visited the descendants of the early Swedish immigrants to New Sweden in the mid-18th century and documented their experiences with the Native American Indians who resided in those parts, in a book entitled
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and Newfoundland for the purposes of trade, particularly along the Delaware River. Its charter included Swedish, Dutch, and German stockholders. The directors of the company included Flemish/Dutch merchant
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Castle County on November 12, 1678. The remainder of Upland continued in place under the same name. On June 21, 1680, New Castle and Hoarkill Counties were partitioned to produce St. Jones County.
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resulted in the Dutch recapture of New Netherland in August 1673. They restored the status which predated the English capture, and codified it in the establishment of three counties:
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due to Jacobsson's height, failed. Jacobsson was sold into slavery in the Caribbean and the families that had supported him were fined for their participation in the revolt.
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Perhaps the greatest contribution of New Sweden to the development of the New World is the log house building technique. The colonists of New Sweden brought with them the
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New Sweden continued to exist unofficially, and some immigration and expansion continued. The first settlement at Wicaco began with a Swedish log blockhouse located on
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and other provinces in central Sweden during the late-16th to mid-17th century. Their relocation had started as part of an effort by Swedish King
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Some Account of William Usselinx and Peter Minuit: Two individuals who were instrumental in establishing the first permanent colony in Delaware
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on the west side of the Delaware River a few miles south of Fort Christina. In May 1654, soldiers from New Sweden led by Governor
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in Swedish). In November 1654, the directors of the Dutch West India Company ordered the Director-General of New Netherland,
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The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
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to expand agriculture to these uninhabited parts of the country. The Finns in Savonia traditionally farmed with a
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in late March 1638 and anchored on March 29 at a rocky point on the Minquas Kill that is known today as
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Mary Trotter Kion, "New Sweden: The First Colony in Delaware". July 23, 2006; accessed 2010.03.10.
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had reached its greatest territorial extent and was one of the great powers of Europe; it was the
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The Contest for the Delaware Valley: Allegiance, Identity, and Empire in the Seventeenth Century
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in the Caribbean. The official duties of the governor of New Sweden were carried out by Captain
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and ended with the capture of Fort Casimir in October. This took place at the beginning of the
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on the east side of the Delaware River as the only Dutch outpost on the Delaware River.
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plantation and fur-trading colony to circumvent French, English and Dutch merchants.
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The relative locations of New Netherland (in magenta) and New Sweden (in blue) in
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in Philadelphia in 1669. It was later used as a church until about 1700, when
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In 1651, the Dutch West India Company abandoned Fort Nassau and established
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houses many exhibits, documents, and artifacts from the New Sweden colony.
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Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, 1630–1707
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Article also discusses colonization in Central and South America and Asia
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Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey and Delaware 1630–1707
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In the following years, the area was settled by roughly 600 Swedes and
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Willem Usselinx: Founder of the Dutch and Swedish West India Companies
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to become a proprietary colony, separate from the projected colony of
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Traces of New Sweden persist in the lower Delaware valley, including
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350th Anniversary of the Landing of the Swedes and Finns in Delaware
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Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York
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Counties, Pennsylvania, although Swedesford has long since become
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Settlements were established on both sides of the Delaware River.
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A Folk Divided: Homeland Swedes and Swedish Americans, 1840–1940
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Non-British colonial entities in the contemporary United States
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Thorne, Kathryn; Ford, Compiler; Long, John H., eds. (1993).
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Minuit landed on the west bank of the river and met with the
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The colony expanded along the river under the leadership of
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with modern state boundaries and postal abbreviations shown
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and building successful trading empires at this time. The
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The Swedish fiscal-military state and its navy, 1521–1721
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The first Swedish expedition to America sailed from the
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sought to expand their influence by creating their own
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A Man and his Ship, Peter Minuet and the Kalmar Nyckel
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Old Swedes Church, built in the era of New Sweden, in
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Oldest – Log House in North America – Superlatives on
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The New Sweden Centre – museum, tours and reenactors
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captured Fort Casimir and renamed it Fort Trinity (
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New Sweden (disambiguation)
39°44′12″N 75°32′19″W / 39.73667°N 75.53861°W / 39.73667; -75.53861
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Flag of New Sweden
Flag of Sweden
Map of New Sweden, c. 1650 by Amandus Johnson
Amandus Johnson
Swedish colony
Fort Christina
Swedish
Finnish
Munsee
Unami
Church of Sweden
Native American religion
Monarch of Sweden
Christina
Charles X Gustav
Peter Minuit
Måns Nilsson Kling
Peter Hollander Ridder
Johan Björnsson Printz
Johan Papegoja
Johan Risingh
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Dutch conquest
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Lenape
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