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Founded By: Peter Minuit and the New Sweden Company. Motivation for Founding: Peter Minuit was Dutch and formed New Sweden as part of New Netherland. When Charles II, King of England gave his brother James, the Duke of York, New Netherland, James demanded and received its surrender. He renamed New Sweden to Delaware. Significant Events: 1  Delaware was a part of Pennsylvania until 1703. 2  The colony was governed by Pennsylvania until the Revolutionary War.
Delaware was named after Lord De la Warr, one of the first governors of Virginia, by Capt. Samuel Argall of the Virginia Colony who visited the area in 1610. The first non-native settlement was founded in 1631. Found in: Trivia. PREVIOUS ARTICLELawrence Welk Born in Strasburg.