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New Sweden
(Encyclopedia) New Sweden, Swedish colony (1638–55), on the Delaware River; included parts of what are now Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. With the support of Swedish statesman Axel…Printz, Johan Björnsson
(Encyclopedia) Printz, Johan BjörnssonPrintz, Johan Björnssony&oomacr;ˈhän byörnˈsōn prĭnts [key], 1592–1663, colonial governor of New Sweden, b. Bottnaryd, Sweden. After serving as a mercenary…Tinicum Island
(Encyclopedia) Tinicum IslandTinicum Islandtĭnˈĭkəm [key], area in the Delaware River, SW of Philadelphia, separated from the mainland by creeks and marshes. Site of the first European settlement in…Minuit, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Minuit, PeterMinuit, Petermĭnˈy&oomacr;ĭt [key], c.1580–1638, first director-general of New Netherland, b. Wesel (then the duchy of Cleves). Sent by the Dutch West India Company to…New Netherland
(Encyclopedia) New Netherland, territory included in a commercial grant by the government of Holland to the Dutch West India Company in 1621. Colonists were settled along the Hudson River region; in…Stuyvesant, Peter
(Encyclopedia) Stuyvesant, PeterStuyvesant, Peterstīˈvəsənt [key], c.1610–1672, Dutch director-general of New Netherland. He served as governor of Curaçao and lost a leg in an expedition against St.…Charles X, king of Sweden
(Encyclopedia) Charles X, 1622–60, king of Sweden (1654–60), nephew of Gustavus II. The son of John Casimir, count palatine of Zweibrücken, he brought the house of Wittelsbach to the Swedish throne…Delaware, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 DelawareDelawaredĕlˈəwâr, –wər [key], one of the Middle Atlantic states of the United States, the country's second smallest state (after Rhode Island). It is bordered by…Immigration Milestones
A Nation of Immigrants The U.S. is a nation of immigrants. The first wave of immigrants to colonial America, from England, France, Germany, and other northern European countries, were fleeing…New Jersey
(Encyclopedia) CE5 New Jersey, Middle Atlantic state of the E United States. It is bordered by New York State (N and, across the Hudson River and New York Harbor, E), the Atlantic Ocean (E),…Trending
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