Delaware colony

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the counties later broke away form the colony of Delaware p161

1600 minquas farm the susquehanna river valley

Nov 3, 1600

began to attack the vilages of the lenni lenape

1609 henryhudson, an englishman sailed

Nov 1, 1609

for the dutch east india company discovers delaware bay and river

1610 captain Samuel argall an English sea captain

Nov 3, 1610

named the bay and river after lord DE la warr the governor of Virginia

1632 settle at zwaanendael

Nov 4, 1632

destroyed and all colonists killed in dispute with native americans

1638 peter minuet leads a group of swedes to the Delaware and establishes

Nov 4, 1638

fort Christina the first permanent settlement on the Delaware and the beginning of the new
Sweden colony

1639 the frist african on the delaware black anthony

Nov 4, 1639

brought from the caribbean to fort Christina

1640 the first lutheran minister in america

Nov 4, 1640

was the reverend reoccurs tortillas arrives at fort Christina

1643 johan printz

Nov 4, 1643

becomes governor of the new Sweden colony

1651 peter Stuyvesant dutch governor of new Netherland

Nov 4, 1651

builds fort casimir just a few miles south of fort christina on the delaware

1654 the swedes capture fort Casimir

Nov 4, 1654

they renamed it fort trinity

1655 the dutch defeat the swedes on the Delaware

Nov 4, 1655

ending the new Sweden colony Delaware becomes a part of new Netherland

1681 William penn was granted land from England

Nov 4, 1681

that in included Delaware and established the colony of Pennsylvania

1682 the duke of York transfers control of the Delaware colony

Nov 4, 1682

to english Quaker William penn