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Massachusetts was first settled by English religious dissenters. Quakers, Jews, and Catholics were not permitted in the colony. Catholics avoided Massachusetts during the colonial period after laws passed in 1647 and 1700 forbade Catholic priests to reside in the colony under pain of imprisonment and execution. [7]
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.
Miller, Richard F. ed. States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War (2015) excerpt 890pp. Myers, Albert Cook ed., Narratives of Early Pennsylvania, West New Jersey, and Delaware, 1630–1707 (1912) Ward, Christopher Dutch and Swedes on the Delaware, 1609- 1664 (University of Pennsylvania ...
Holy Trinity Church, also known as Old Swedes, is a historic church at East 7th and Church Street in Wilmington, Delaware.It was consecrated on Trinity Sunday, June 4, 1699, by a predominantly Swedish congregation formerly of the colony of New Sweden. [3]
He stopped attending religious services at the Church of Ireland and was fined and had his supply of grain confiscated. [1] In 1682 he and his family sailed for the Delaware Colony from Belfast, [2] on the ship Antelope. [1] William Penn granted him 986 acres of land between Shellpot Creek to Blue Ball, Delaware in what is now Wilmington ...
1682 - New Sweden becomes part of the English colonial Province of Pennsylvania. [1] 1698 - Holy Trinity Church (Old Swedes) built. [1] 1731 - Landowner Thomas Willing names his property "Willingtown" (renamed "Wilmington" around 1739). [1] 1739 William Shipley becomes burgess of Wilmington. [2] Shipbuilding industry begins (approximate date). [1]
This is a List of National Historic Landmarks in Delaware. There are 14 National Historic Landmarks (NHLs) in ... Hosted Delaware's colonial assembly from 1704-1777. ...
Art and drama were somewhat more successful than literature. Benjamin West was a noteworthy painter of historical subjects, and two first-rate portrait painters emerged in John Copley and Gilbert Stuart, yet all three men spent much of their lives in London. Theater was more developed in the Southern colonies, especially South Carolina, but ...