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It included significant settlements in, or claims to, parts of what are now the states of [[New York|New York]], [[New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[ | It included significant settlements in, or claims to, parts of what are now the states of [[New York|New York]], [[New Jersey|New Jersey]], [[Connecticut]], [[Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania|Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island|Rhode Island]], [[Massachusetts]], and [[Maryland|Maryland]] (between Cape Cod and [[Portal:Virginia|Virginia]]).<ref name="WNN">"New Netherland" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland (accessed 4 November 2008).</ref> | ||
In 1654 [[New Sweden|New Sweden]] captured Fort Casimir from New Netherland in what is now [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County, Delaware]]. The next year, 1655, the Dutch counter-attacked, conquered, and absorbed all of former [[New Sweden|New Sweden]], but granted it some autonomy.<ref>"New Sweden" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden (accessed 4 November 2008).</ref> | In 1654 [[New Sweden|New Sweden]] captured Fort Casimir from New Netherland in what is now [[New Castle County, Delaware|New Castle County, Delaware]]. The next year, 1655, the Dutch counter-attacked, conquered, and absorbed all of former [[New Sweden|New Sweden]], but granted it some autonomy.<ref>"New Sweden" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Sweden (accessed 4 November 2008).</ref> | ||