Pennsylvania History: Difference between revisions

'''1651-1655:''' The [[New Netherland|New Netherland]] Colony builds Fort Casimir<ref>Johnson, Detailed Map.</ref><ref>"Fort Casimir" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Casimir (accessed 7 November 2008).</ref><ref>Klein and Hoogenboom.</ref> (now New Castle, Delaware), settle Sandhook,<ref>Johnson, Detailed Map.</ref><ref>Craig. "1651 - Dutch build Fort Casimir at Sand Hook (New Castle) and abandon Fort Bevers-reede in Schuylkill."</ref><ref>Johnson, ''Swedes on the Delaware'', 294. "In October, Novermber, and December the new freemen were ordered to clear their lands at various places, for the purpose of planting maize in the coming spring; and several fields at Sandhook, at Fort Christina and up at the [Christina] River were cleared and sewn for the benefit of the company with the grain which Mr. Lord had brought in . . ."</ref> and abandon Fort Beversrede in 1651. In 1654 [[New Sweden|New Sweden]] captures Fort Casimir from the Dutch without a fight and rename it Fort Trinty (Trefaldighets).<ref>"New Sweden" in Wikipedia.</ref> In 1655 [[New Netherland|New Netherland]] returns with a large army and all of [[New Sweden|New Sweden]] in presend-day Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey submits to Dutch rule.<ref>"New Sweden" in Wikipedia.</ref>  

'''1673-1674:''' A new war breaks out and the Dutch send a large armada to retake New Netherland for a few months. But as the war ends the colony is ceeded to England for the last time.<ref>"New Netherland" in Wikipedia</ref>  

'''1700-1754:''' Welsh, German, and Scotch-Irish groups arrived.