DELAWARE

HISTORY

• First visit to Delaware: Dutch Sailor Henry Hudson - 1609
• First settlement: New Sweden (1638)
• The settlement was taken over by the Dutch after the Swedish had control
• Shortly after, English take control of the settlement
• Delaware first became a state on 12/7/1787

GEOGRAPHY

• Size of area: Approximately 2.044 mi
• Flat Lowland
• Fertile soil for farming
• Region; Atlantic Coastal
• H/E intersection: Farming, cutting down trees

ECONOMICS

• The economy of colonial Delaware was based on trade
• Major crops: grain, flax, vegetables, fruit
• Hydro-power was used in grain mills
• Timber and Fishing was also a big part of it as well

GOVERNMENT

• Early Constitutions adopted in 1776, 1792, 1831
• 1676; NY governor gives Delaware a set of rules
• Colonial Delaware was governed by a Proprietary Colony