USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The lower counties of Delaware were governed as part of the Province of Pennsylvania from 1682 until 1701, when the lower counties petitioned for and were granted an independent colonial legislature; the two colonies shared the same governor until 1776. The English colonists who settled Delaware were mainly Quakers.

Detailed explanation-2: -History of the State House "William Penn is the father of representative government in Delaware. In 1681 this idealistic English Quaker became proprietor of two colonies in America: Pennsylvania and the Three Lower Counties on Delaware. He tried to unite the two into one.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colony was best renowned for its agriculture, particularly wheat, corn, and tobacco farming. The colony was also a significant shipbuilding and trading center. The Delaware Colony was an important player in the American Revolutionary War and one of the first colonies to adopt the United States Constitution.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations was one of the original Thirteen Colonies established on the east coast of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from “Penn’s Woods", referring to William’s father Admiral Sir William Penn.