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delaware river and bay
were first exp,lored on behalf of the duch and Henry Hudson in 1609 -
trading
People started trading in 1623 -
Breadbasket
delaware was know as breakbasket because they sold wheat alot and grew alot of it -
Delaware was colonized in 1631
it was colonized by Dutch traders and inhabitted by Native Americans -
european settlements
european settlements began springging up in delaware in 1631 -
First govener of NY
The first settlement effected within the bounds of delaware was by a number of swedens and Finns, who arrived from sweden in 1638 in chaRge was Peter Minuit. the first govener of NY -
the first settlement
delaware soiil was made under the auspices of dutch west indain company 1638 -
Delaware was founed in 1638
delaware was founed by Peter Minunit and new sweden company -
the first european colony
in the delaware river was established by sweden settlers -
Black Anthony
1639 in the african to come to delaware conolny was Black Athony -
Dutch Settlers
the treaty of easton in1639 -
Govner Stuyvesant
built fort Casmir -
dutch defeated swedends
ending the new sweden colony delaware comes apart of new netherland -
Delaware was not dominatiedby a spefic religoin
which gave way to religos freedom for qaukers and many other religions -
3 counties
delaware colony was dividied into 3 counties they were New Catsle Susssex and Kent. -
Lord De La Warr
The delaware colony was named for an early govner of colonial Virginia -
A typical farm
A typical farm was about 150 acres -
The Economy
They relied on indrusty,commerce and labors.It all started when the first dutch traders traded with Native Americans over the applaichin mountians. -
Lord de warr dies while exploring
died on a expeditoin exploring the bay -
Fedural Constitution
The Delaware colony was the first of the oringial 13 colonies to rafiy the Federal Constitution -
dutch stettlers
the treaty of Easton in 1766 moved westward away from the colonies -
propertairy colony
delaware was governed as a propertariy colony -
voting
in 1776 the delaware colony's assembly voted to break tiesnwith Pennslyvinnia and with England as well -
delaware colony
mild climate made farming and agriculatural pursuits feasable for the colonists -
Major indrusties
exported catle, indigo, and wheat and more -
became a state
delaware became a state dec. 7 1787 -
world war II
Several contrece observation towers ranging beetween 39 and 75 feet tall were constructed along delaware coast to proteect the bay and costal towns -
delaware
delaware produced revolutionary war figures
