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Delaware was the first state to ratify the present constitution so it calls itself the first state.
No, it was the first state to sign the constitution.
Vermont was admitted as the first free state.
When the first Americans settled, they settled in colonies. When they proposed the US constitution, any colony that radified it became a state. Today, there are no colonies because they have all radified the constitution.
Delaware was the first colony to ratify the Constitution. This gives them the honor of being the first state.
The first Europeans to establish a colony in what later became New York State was the Dutch. They settled there in around 1613.
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It was a British Colony.
The first Europeans in New Jersey were the Dutch and Swedish. Under British rule, New Jersey was a proprietary colony.
The Dutch colony became NYC.
Who were the first europeans to live in what is now new york?
La Salle established a French settlement in the state of Texas. The colony was Fort St. Louis and it was established in 1685.
Dutch. Called it New Amsterdam, but came under English command after the peace negotiations of Westminster in 1674. The English paid 2 million Guilders, which was an awe full lot back then, to buy of further aggression from the Dutch. In some sort of revenge, The Dutch took Suriname, and the English and the Dutch settled. New Amsterdam became New York. The Dutch would leave them alone. Fun fact, in the negotiations of Westminster, England wanted the right, to be greeted first by Dutch Naval ships. That right was granted, so when in contact with other ships, the dutch were ought to greet the English first, by law.
it was a colony at first but after time passed it became a state...I think
Maryland was originally claimed by Catholics.