History of Delaware

Before the arrival of Europeans, the area that today the state of Delaware was the seat of the League Unami (also known as "Delaware"), and Nanticoke Native American groups. The League Unami lived in a hunting ground and the regulated society.

The Dutch were the first Europeans to arrive today in Delaware, and founded a commercial center near 1633rd Lewesin However, all the settlers have been destroyed within a year after a dispute with the Indians. In 1638, a> Swedish Colony was founded near Wilmington. 1651, TBE Dutch came back in, it was a new fort near the present-day New Castle, and in 1655 included the entire Swedish colony.

In 1664 the Dutch were expelled by the British under James, the Duke of York. William Penn wanted access to the sea for his Pennsylvania province, then as the "Lower Counties of Delaware" by the Duke. As a result, 1682-1704 was a combined Delaware and PennsylvaniaGeneral Assembly. Even after 1704, did Penn and his heirs the holders of both Delaware and Pennsylvania, and appointed the same person as Governor for both colonies.

During the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Delaware was initially reluctant to break with England. Delaware, however, offer one of the best regiments of the Continental Army, as the "Delaware Blues" and nicknamed the "Blue Hen Chickens." After the revolution, became the first State of Delawarethe U.S. Constitution ratified.

Delaware was founded as a slave state. Several attempts have been made local to abolish slavery, to the state, but not all, though there are relatively few slaves in Delaware. However, despite being a country of Delaware remained a slave in Union during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and was not a slave only Confederate regiments or militia (although some of the citizens of Delaware fought on the Confederate side in MonteMaryland or Virginia regiments).

Slavery was finally in Delaware, at the same time the country has been abolished abolished as a whole: when the 13th Amendment came into force in December 1865th After the abolition of slavery, the parliament adopted a policy of segregation, including the poll tax and Jim Crow laws. Only in mid-late 1950, these restrictions began to disappear, with the integration of the school system.