SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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1704
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1681
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1664
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Dutch founded the first European settlement in Delaware at Lewes (then called Zwaanendael) in 1631.
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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Delaware was first settled in 1638 by Swedes who wanted to establish a colony in the New World. They built Fort Christina at the present site of Wilmington, and called their colony New Sweden. Unfortunately, this land was already claimed by both England and Holland.
Detailed explanation-4: -Economy: The economy of the Delaware Colony was mixed. The fertile land of Delaware made agriculture profitable and farms produced grain, rice, and indigo. The forests in the colony supported a thriving lumber industry. Industry in Colonial Delaware included shipbuilding, ironworks, trading and shipping lumber.