Delaware
Published on Nov 24, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
DELAWARE
HISTORY
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COLONIAL MAP OF DELAWARE
WHO
DELAWARE WAS FOUNDED BY PETER MINUIT IN 1638
WHERE/WHAT
DELAWARE, IT WAS FOUNDED
DELAWARE WAS ORIGINALLY A PART OF PENNSYLVANIA
DELAWARE USED TO BE CALLED NEW SWEDEN
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:
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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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WILLIAM PENN
HAD A HARD TIME GOVERNING DELAWARE BECAUSE IT WAS SO DIVERSE
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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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DELAWARE'S GOVERNOR WAS CAPTURED
IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
DELAWARE'S GOVERNMENT AND THE NATIVE AMERICANS
- They traded
- Delaware bought land from them
SOURCES
- Text book
- History.com /Delaware
- Americanhistory.about.com
- xroads.virginia.edu
- City-data.com
