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Delaware had no established religion at this time. The American Revolutionary War began in April 1775, and on June 15, 1776, the Delaware Assembly voted to break all ties with Great Britain, creating the independent State of Delaware. [1] On July 4, 1776, Delaware joined 12 other British colonies to form the United States of America.
The history of Delaware as a political entity dates back to the early colonization of North America by European settlers. Delaware is made up of three counties established in 1638, before the time of William Penn. Each county had its own settlement history.
Nautical chart of Zwaanendael, 1639 The coastline claimed by New Netherland and Swanendael in the south. Zwaanendael or Swaanendael / ˈ z w ɑː n ən d ɛ l / was a short-lived Dutch colonial settlement in Delaware. It was built in 1631. The name is archaic Dutch for "swan valley." The site of the settlement later became the town of Lewes ...
This is a list of the individual Delaware year pages. In 1776, the Delaware General Assembly of Delaware Colony voted to break all ties with the British Empire , establishing itself as the State of Delaware, amid the other Thirteen Colonies declaring independence and drafting constitutions during the American Revolution .
Illick, Joseph E. Colonial Pennsylvania: A History (1976) Kammen, Michael (1996). Colonial New York: A History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510779-1. Landsman, Ned. Crossroads of Empire: The Middle Colonies in British North America (Johns Hopkins University Press; 2010) 248 pages; Munroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History (2003)
Literature in the European sense was nearly nonexistent, with histories being far more noteworthy. These included The History and present State of Virginia (1705) by Robert Beverly and History of the Dividing Line (1728–29) by William Byrd, which was not published until a century later. Instead, the newspaper was the principal form of reading ...
Delaware and the Eastern Shore: Some Aspects of a Peninsula Pleasant and Well Beloved. J. B. Lippincott Company. Anna T. Lincoln (1937). Wilmington, Delaware; three centuries under four flags, 1609-1937. Rutland, Vt.: Tuttle – via HathiTrust. (fulltext) Federal Writers' Project (1938). "Wilmington". Delaware: A Guide to the First State.
As Lewes was the earliest settlement in the state, and Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution, the town refers to itself as "The First Town in the First State." [1] [18] Lewes is named after the town of Lewes in England, [19] which is situated in a county named Sussex (from which Sussex County, Delaware, takes its name). [20]