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Johan Rising

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Johan Rising was the last governor of the Swedish colony of New Sweden in Delaware. After becoming governor in 1654, Rising tried to expel Dutch colonists from Fort Casimir (present-day New Castle, Delaware). The Dutch New York governor, Peter Stuyvesant, called Dutch troops into New Sweden as a response. The colony was overrun and ceased to exist.

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