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Delaware

Published on Nov 24, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HISTORY

COLONIAL MAP OF DELAWARE

WHO

DELAWARE WAS FOUNDED BY PETER MINUIT IN 1638

WHERE/WHAT

DELAWARE, IT WAS FOUNDED

WHY

  • Delaware was founded for:
  • Trade
  • Agriculture

DELAWARE WAS ORIGINALLY A PART OF PENNSYLVANIA

DELAWARE USED TO BE CALLED NEW SWEDEN

DECEMBER 7,1787

DELAWARE BECAME THE FIRST STATE TO SIGN THE CONSTITUTION

GEOGRAPHY:

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LOCATION:

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ABSOLUTE LOCATION

39°N, 75°W

RELATIVE LOCATION

  • Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.
  • West of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • East of Maryland.

PLACE:

PLACE

  • The climate is very humid and there is not much sunshine there.
  • Delaware is mostly a coastal plain and there is some hills up North.
  • Most of Delaware's religion is Catholic.
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REGION:

DELAWARE IS IN THE MID-ATLANTIC REGION OF THE UNITED STATES.

MOVEMENT

SEVERAL INDIAN TRIBES FIRST SETTLED IN THE DELAWARE AREA.

THEN THE DUTCH MOVED ACROSS THE OCEAN AND TOOK IT OVER.

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ECONOMY:

TRADING

  • The Delaware colony traded a lot of fish.
  • This is because they were so close to the sea.
  • The also traded dyes from flowers.
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JOBS IN COLONIAL DELAWARE

  • Fishing.
  • Trading.
  • Blacksmith.
  • Lumberjack.

EXPORTS OF COLONIAL DELAWARE

  • Tobacco
  • Corn
  • Gold
  • Silver
  • Diamonds
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GOVERNMENT

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WILLIAM PENN

HAD A HARD TIME GOVERNING DELAWARE BECAUSE IT WAS SO DIVERSE

COLONIAL DELAWARE HAD A PROPRIETARY GOVERNMENT

THIS IS WHERE THE COLONIST FINDS LAND AND THE KING GRANTS.

ONLY RICH MEN COULD VOTE

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THEY HAD RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

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CATHOLIC WAS THE MOST INFLUENTIAL RELIGION

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DELAWARE'S GOVERNOR WAS CAPTURED

IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

DELAWARE'S GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS

  • They traded
  • Delaware bought land from them