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Swedish overseas colonies

Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638–1655) on the Delaware River in what is now Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland, as well as two possessions in the Caribbean during the 18th and 19th centuries.

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Swedish colonies in the Americas

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Sweden established colonies in the Americas in the mid-17th century, including the colony of New Sweden (1638–1655) on the Delaware River in what is now...

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Swedish overseas colonies

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10 December 1660 – 22 April 1663 The former Swedish colonies in the Americas: New Sweden (1638–1655; lost to the Dutch) Sankt Barthélemy (1784–1878;...

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Thirteen Colonies

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The Thirteen Colonies were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America during the 17th and 18th centuries. Grievances against the...

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British colonization of the Americas

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were established in North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean. Though most British colonies in the Americas eventually gained...

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Colonial empire

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Netherlands (1556–1713) Swedish Empire (1638–1663, 1733, 1784–1878) Swedish colonies in the Americas New Sweden (1638–1655) Swedish colony of Saint Barthélemy...

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European colonization of the Americas

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sometimes even the genocide of the Indigenous peoples in the Americas, and the establishment of several settler colonial states. Some settler colonies remain...

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Middle Colonies

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The Middle Colonies were a subset of the Thirteen Colonies in British America, located between the New England Colonies and the Southern Colonies. Along...

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List of colonies

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(1843–1854) Baltic states Guadeloupe New Sweden Saint Barthélemy Swedish Pomerania Swedish Gold Coast Dominions of Sweden in continental Europe Vinland Helluland...

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Colonies in antiquity

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Colonies in antiquity were post-Iron Age city-states founded from a mother-city or metropolis rather than a territory-at-large. Bonds between a colony...

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British America

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America comprised the colonial territories of the English Empire, and the successor British Empire, in the Americas from 1607 to 1783. These colonies...

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Curonian colonisation

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crusading past. The colonies were established under Jakob, Duke of Courland and Semigallia, and were one of the two Latvian colonies. The second colony...

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List of former European colonies

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North American colonies Province of East Florida Province of West Florida Indian Reserve Middle Colonies Chesapeake Colonies Southern Colonies Oregon...

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Spanish colonization of the Americas

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The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial...

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English overseas possessions

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Parker, Lewis K., English Colonies in the Americas (2003) Payne, Edward John, Voyages of the Elizabethan Seamen to America (vol. 1, 1893; vol. 2, 1900)...

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Russian colonization of North America

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to 1867, the Russian Empire laid claim to northern Pacific Coast territories in the Americas. Russian colonial possessions in the Americas are collectively...

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Americas

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The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the...

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European immigration to the Americas

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willing to emigrate to their colonies in the Americas, so that Iberian emigration to the Americas was predominantly spontaneous. The supply of Portuguese and...

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Slavery in colonial Spanish America

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Spanish colonies produced the first modern debates over the legitimacy of slavery. And uniquely in the Spanish American colonies, laws like the New Laws...

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Scottish colonization of the Americas

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colonization of the Americas comprised a number of failed or abandoned Scottish settlements in North America; a colony at Darien on the Isthmus of Panama;...

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Curonian colonization of the Americas

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of the Duchy and the Northern Wars (1655–1660) began. The Swedish army held Duke Jacob captive from 1658 to 1660. During this period both colonies continued...

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Check mark

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Akademien (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. "bock". Svenska Akademiens ordlista (in Swedish). Swedish Academy. "bock". Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish). Vol...

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Nordic colonialism

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Norse Vikings to be the first Europeans to create colonies in the Americas. The arrival of Leif Erikson, of Iceland, in the Americas occurred 500 years...

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List of wars involving Sweden

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Realm of Sweden Dominions of Sweden List of Swedish monarchs List of Swedish military commanders List of Swedish field marshals List of Swedish regiments...

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New Sweden

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53861 New Sweden (Swedish: Nya Sverige) was a colony of the Swedish Empire along the lower reaches of the Delaware River between 1638 and 1655 in present-day...

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Danish overseas colonies

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its apex, the colonies spanned four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America. The period of colonial expansion marked a rise in the status and...

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Possessions of Sweden

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1647–1648) Swedish Empire Swedish overseas colonies Swedish colonization of the Americas Lands of Sweden Provinces of Sweden Dominions of Sweden Unions of...

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American Revolutionary War

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the Revolution on Spanish colonies in the Americas. Spain had complained on multiple occasions about encroachment by American settlers into Louisiana,...

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Swedish slave trade

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during the 17th and 18th centuries, around the time Swedish overseas colonies were established in North America (New Sweden; 1638–1655) and in Africa...

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Territorial evolution of the British Empire

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English colonies in North America. In a charter colony, the King granted a royal charter to the colonial government establishing the rules under which the colony...

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Portuguese colonization of the Americas

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colonization of the Americas (Portuguese: Colonização portuguesa da América) constituted territories in the Americas belonging to the Kingdom of Portugal...

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