Answer in 1638 founded by Peter MinuitDelaware was founded as a colony by Peter Minuit in 1638. Delaware was named after Lord de la Warr, a governor of the Virginia colony.
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Lord De La Warr treated the Native Americans very brutally and used Irish tactics.
The state is named after Delaware Bay and River, which were named for Thomas Leighton West (1577-1618), the 3rd Baron De La Warr of the Second Creation, the second governor of Virginia, after his father, Governor and the father of seventeen children compliments of Wiki. Lord De La Warr played a huge role in helping Jamestown. After everybody marched out of Jamestown 1610, he turned them back and made them restart building.
Delaware is not a Native American name. Exploring the Atlantic coast north of Jamestown in 1610, Captain Samuel Argall discovered a large bay which he named in honor of Sir Thomas West, Third Lord de la Warr and the first governor of the Virginia.
Lord De La Warr named Delaware, Delaware.
Answer in 1638 founded by Peter MinuitDelaware was founded as a colony by Peter Minuit in 1638. Delaware was named after Lord de la Warr, a governor of the Virginia colony.
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The third Baron De La Warr.
It was named after lord de la warr
It was after Baron or Lord De La Warr, who was a resident of Jamestown in the early 17th Century. After the colony was settled, many pioneers went up North. Lord De La Warr was one, and he founded the English colony of Delaware.
It was named after Sir Thomas West (Lord de la Warr).
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the real name was Baron De La Warr
E. imposed a harsh military regime on the colony of Jamestown.
Lord De La Warr treated the Native Americans very brutally and used Irish tactics.
Lord De La Warr was governor of Jamestown in 1610.