Delaware

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Date Founded: 1638 ||  ||
 * Founded By: Peter Minuit



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 * Purpose of colony (Reason for founding the colony): Delaware was near the Delaware River and had great soil for settlement.

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 * Type of Colony: Proprietary Colony ||  ||
 * Primary Economic Activities: Delaware was known for fishing, farming, and whaling.



www.justfood.org ||  || The first settlement in Delaware at Lewes in 1631 was destroyed by the natives. The first permanent was not established until 1638 by Swedes as part of New Sweden. The Duke of York ceded it to William Penn in 1682. In 1704, Penn gave Delaware its own assembly. Pennsylvania and Delaware shared governor until the American Revolution
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 * Date it became a Royal Colony: 1664

Edited by: Kenneth E. Rusk and Zachary J. Walke Sources: www.landofthebrave.info/delaware-colony www. brittanica.com ||  ||