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: -On June 15, 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, thereby creating the state of Delaware. Delaware did not exist as a colony under British rule.

Detailed explanation-3: -The colony of Delaware. The Dutch founded the first European settlement in Delaware at Lewes (then called Zwaanendael) in 1631. They quickly set up a trade in beaver furs with the Native Americans, who within a short time raided and destroyed the settlement after a disagreement between the two groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -Pennsylvania and Delaware were proprietary colonies. New York and New Jersey originally were proprietary colonies, but eventually became royal colonies, New York in 1685 and New Jersey in 1702.

Detailed explanation-5: -In 1701, William Penn created a Charter of Privileges for the residents of his colony. Penn envisioned a colony that permitted religious freedom, the consent and participation of the governed, as well as other laws pertaining to property rights.