Difference between revisions 140266226 and 140266227 on dewiki

{{Infobox former country
|conventional_long_name = Delaware Colony
|common_name            = Delaware
|continent              = North America
|country                = United States :D
|status                 = Colony
|empire                 = United Kingdom
|government_type        = Constitutional monarchy
(contracted; show full)

== Dutch exploration, claims and settlement ==

From the early [[Netherlands|Dutch]] settlement in 1631 to the colony’s rule by [[Pennsylvania]] in [[1682]], the land that later became the U.S. state of [[Delaware]] changed hands many times.

edison needs a haircut

==New Sweden Company==
In March 1638, the ''[[Kalmar Nyckel]]'' anchored at a rocky point on the Minquas Kill that is known today as [[Swedes' Landing]].<ref name="encyclopedia">Faragher, John Mack, ed. (1990) ''The Encyclopedia of Colonial and Revolutionary America.'' New York: Sachem Publishing Associates, Inc., pp. 106-108.</ref> The [[Swedish colonization of the Americas|New Sweden Company]] was organized and overseen by [[Clas Fleming(contracted; show full)[[Category:States and territories established in 1664]]
[[Category:1776 disestablishments]]
[[Category:Colonial United States (British)|Delaware Colony]]

[[it:Colonia del Delaware]]
[[lt:Delavero kolonija]]
[[ja:デラウェア植民地]]
[[ro:Colonia Delaware]]