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Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies which revolted against British rule in the American Revolution. After the Revolution began in 1776, the three Lower Counties became "The Delaware State", and in 1776 that entity adopted its first constitution, declaring itself to be the "Delaware State". Its first governors went by the title of "President".
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
Delaware (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə w ɛər / ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) [10] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states [11] region of the United States. [12] It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.
On June 1, 1792, Kentucky County officially became a state. Like Virginia , the official title of the elected local prosecutor in each of Kentucky 's political subdivisions is the Commonwealth's Attorney, as opposed to State's Attorney in other states or the more standard District Attorney.
Delaware, Maryland and Virginia: The secession of several counties from the eastern shores of Maryland and Virginia, combining with some or all of the state of Delaware, forming a state named Delmarva. [138] The secession of five counties on the western side of Maryland due to political differences with the more liberal central part of the ...
Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride, who in 2020 became the nation’s first openly transgender state senator, made history again in November as the first trans person elected to Congress.
From the early Dutch settlement in 1631 to the colony's rule by Pennsylvania in 1682, the land that later became the U.S. state of Delaware changed hands many times. Because of this, Delaware became a heterogeneous society made up of individuals who were diverse in country of origin and religion. [citation needed]
Iowa's third wave began in the 1970s, when Gov. Robert Ray set up a state agency to work with private organizations to help refugees displaced by civil wars or natural disasters find new homes.