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  The 13 Colonies of America

Delaware

 

Founded: 1638 by Peter Minuit and others

Major Industry: Agriculture (fishing), Manufacturing (lumbering)

Major Cities: Wilmington

Colony Named for: named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of colonial Virginia, Lord de la Warr

Became a State: December 7, 1787

More on Colonial Delaware
The Making of the 50 States: Delaware
Delaware's Roots
Delaware History

New England Colonies Rhode Island Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire

Middle Colonies Delaware Pennsylvania New York New Jersey

Southern Colonies Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia

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