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[edit] Colonial Actions
- Potential addition to the Second Northern War article.
In the early 17th Century, both Sweden and the Dutch Republic had established colonies in eastern North America — New Sweden and New Netherland, respectively. These colonies had a long-standing dispute over the land around the Delaware River (first claimed by the Dutch, but occupied almost exclusively by the Swedish), which culminated with the seizure of Fort Casimir by Swedish Governor Johan Risingh in 1654. Upon the outbreak of the Second Northern War, Dutch Director-General Peter Stuyvesant took the opportunity to strike back at New Sweden, and launched an assault on the colony on September 11, 1655, which easily recaptured Fort Casimir (named Fort Trinity by the Swedes). By September 15, an armed squadron of Dutch ships had fully occupied the Swedish colony.
This marked the end of Swedish colonization of continental North America, much to the chagrin of the Susquehannock, a highly influential Native American nation who were one of the greatest powers on the Eastern Seaboard at the time. The Susquehannock were close allies of the Swedish colonists, and treated New Sweden as something of a protectorate. In response to the Dutch removal of their main European trading partner, they launched a series of attacks on Dutch settlements in modern-day Manhattan, Staten Island, Yonkers, Jersey City and the Bronx on September 15, while Stuyvesant and most of the Dutch colonial military were still in New Sweden. These attacks devastated the Dutch, who withdrew into New Amsterdam, abandoning many of their outlying settlements.
