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Show Established the Jury System ' Johan Printz, a giant of a man, efficient organizer but slavedriver, became governor of New Sweden. He was governor for 10 years, leaving leav-ing Just before the Dutch moved In and asserted their own claims to the Delaware region. When the Swedes settled, five Indian villages occupied the area that now comprises com-prises Philadelphia. Under Printz, Tinicum Island became the first seat of government of !he region that was to become Pennsylvania, 39 years before the arrival of William Penn. Printz was first to establish the Jury system here as we know it. |