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{{Adoption PARoots}}[[Image:{{NewNethMap}}]][[Image:{{NewAmspic}}]]'''New Netherland''' (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland) was the former Dutch colony on the east coast of North America founded in 1614 or 1615. | {{Adoption PARoots}}[[Image:{{NewNethMap}}]][[Image:{{NewAmspic}}]]'''New Netherland''' (Dutch: Nieuw-Nederland) was the former Dutch colony on the east coast of North America founded in 1614 or 1615. | ||
It included significant settlements in, or claims to, parts of what are now the states of [[New York Genealogy|New York]], [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]], [[Connecticut Genealogy|Connecticut]], [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]], [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusetts]], and [[Maryland Genealogy|Maryland]] (between Cape Cod and [[: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> | It included significant settlements in, or claims to, parts of what are now the states of [[New York Genealogy|New York]], [[New Jersey Genealogy|New Jersey]], [[Connecticut, United States Genealogy|Connecticut]], [[Delaware Genealogy|Delaware]], [[Pennsylvania Genealogy|Pennsylvania]], [[Rhode Island Genealogy|Rhode Island]], [[Massachusetts Genealogy Guide|Massachusetts]], and [[Maryland Genealogy|Maryland]] (between Cape Cod and [[: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 Genealogy|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 Genealogy|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> | ||
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