ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

New Sweden

New Sweden was a place that existed a long time ago, when America was first being discovered by Europeans. Some people from Sweden wanted to start a new place to live in this new land, and they called it New Sweden.

They traveled across the ocean in big boats called ships and landed in a place that is now part of the United States. New Sweden was a really long time ago, before the United States became its own country. It was a really small place, with just a few buildings and farms.

The people who lived in New Sweden were called settlers, and they came from Sweden, Finland, and Germany. They had to build their own homes and farms from scratch, so they worked really hard to make sure they had everything they needed to survive.

Despite being small, New Sweden still played a big part in history because it was one of the first places that was settled in America by people from Europe. This is why we still talk about it today, even though it doesn't exist anymore.