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the counties later broke away form the colony of Delaware p161 -
1600 minquas farm the susquehanna river valley
began to attack the vilages of the lenni lenape -
1609 henryhudson, an englishman sailed
for the dutch east india company discovers delaware bay and river -
1610 captain Samuel argall an English sea captain
named the bay and river after lord DE la warr the governor of Virginia -
1632 settle at zwaanendael
destroyed and all colonists killed in dispute with native americans -
1638 peter minuet leads a group of swedes to the Delaware and establishes
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
brought from the caribbean to fort Christina -
1640 the first lutheran minister in america
was the reverend reoccurs tortillas arrives at fort Christina -
1643 johan printz
becomes governor of the new Sweden colony -
1651 peter Stuyvesant dutch governor of new Netherland
builds fort casimir just a few miles south of fort christina on the delaware -
1654 the swedes capture fort Casimir
they renamed it fort trinity -
1655 the dutch defeat the swedes on the Delaware
ending the new Sweden colony Delaware becomes a part of new Netherland -
1681 William penn was granted land from England
that in included Delaware and established the colony of Pennsylvania -
1682 the duke of York transfers control of the Delaware colony
to english Quaker William penn
