Delaware

On Christmas night 1776 Washington led his troops to a victory that was a turning point for America winning the Revolutionary War. As a snow storm pounded Washington and his soldiers, they crossed the Delaware River and routed the Hessian garrison. Because only about half of the Continental Army made the crossing Washington gathered up his prisoners and crossed the Delaware again. His victory was not exploited but the morale boost was apparent and new recruits joined the cause.

The English colonies had many enemies. Usually, they were the natives of the colonized land or other empires. In the case of the American colonies, England became their enemy.

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People should come to the colony of Delaware because it is an interesting place to go to and you would learn a lot about the past

People should come to the colony of Delaware because it is an interesting place to go to and you would learn a lot about the past

It was on Christmas Day 1776 that his army made this famous crossing to initiate the Battle of Trenton.

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In 1631 Dutch Traders came but they were killed in 1632. Then, the Swedes came with Peter Minuet and lived there. i like men

colonial delaware had much more of a mild temperature. not as cold as it is now days in the winter, and not that much hot in the summer. It was a perfect climate for farming

wilmington and dover were very important in colonial delaware.

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Delaware is known by this nickname due to the fact that on December 7, 1787, it became the first of the 13 original states to ratify the US Constitution. "The First State" became the official State nickname on May 23, 2002.

Delaware was not colony, per se. Until the Revolution, it was part of Pennsylvania and therefore governed by Pennsylvania's colonial laws. At the time of the Revolution, Delaware separated from Pennsylvania and became a state under the Articles of Confederation.

The Indians that were in deleware were the lenni-lenape and the Naticoke. The word Nanticoke is translated from the original Nantaquak meaning the tidewater people or people of the tidewaters. First had contact with the Nanticoke Tribe was recorded by Captain John Smith in 1608. While exploring the Chesapeake Bay, Smith and his crew sailed onto the Kuskarawaok River. The Kuskarawaoks, later known as the Nanticoke Indians, cautiously watched Smith's ship from the shore, Climbing into the trees for a better look. When Smith approached the shore in a boat, the Nanticoke answered with arrows. Smith prudently put down anchor for the night in the middle of the river. The next morning, the Nanticoke appeared on the shore with baskets of food. Still cautious, Captain Smith had his men fire muskets over the heads of the Nanticoke. The Indians escaped. Not until then did the English see warriors lying in the reeds for ambush. Later that afternoon, Smith noticed the Indians were gone, and he and his men came to shore. He found fires still burning, but no Indians were seen. Smith discovered glass beads, shells, and copper pieces left as gifts of friendship.The Englishmen recorded about 200 warriors with their families on the Nanticoke River, making their tribe more significant in population than many other tribes on the Eastern Shore at that time. However, the Nanticoke were allied with the Powhatan Confederacy in what is now Virginia. Such alliances allowed smaller bands of Indians to have protection from enemy tribes. The Naticoke people lived in the south of Delaware The Lenni- lenape people were another tribe in Deleware. Lenni-lenape means people who are standard. The word lenape its self means true men or original people. The lenilenape people lived in one of the three large family groups called clans. The three clans were the turtles, wolves, and turkeys. Turtle was the most common in the Delaware colony. The Lenni-Lenape didn't life in one big community, They lived in many different villages all with their own chiefs. Every colony governed themselves. The Native Americans first encountered the europens when they met Italian Sailor Giovanni da Verrizano in 1524. The lenni-lenapr people were named the Delaware Indians by the Europeans. Delaware meant river flow to the Italian Explores that discovered them. After 500 years of being around the Europeans the lenni-lenape died of diseases such small pox. The population of the Lenni-Lanape dropped from 20,000 to 4,000.Soon, the Lenni-Lenape were forsed out of Delaware and pushed to Pencilvania. Later, then pushed to Ohio. There, different bands of United Groups came together as one bigger group. They ended up in Canada. The Lenni Lenape families lived in Wag wams. Wig wams were round dome shaped huts covered in bark. People dresses in clothing made of deerskin. Often there clothing were decorated with beads, copper strips, and dead porqupine quills. The women painted themselfes a reddish color with clay called ocher. Men had tactoos. The women farmed, grew tobacco, corn, squash, beans, and sweet potato . The men hunted and fished. They often traveled by dougout canoe. During the winter families spread out to hunt. After the Europeans arrived in the region, hunting became more important to the Lenni-Lanape. It was important to the Lenni-Lanape because they could trade with the Europeans for tools, weapons, and animals that were new to the natives.

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The first attempt by the Dutch to establish a colony was initially well received by the Native Americans however a misunderstanding over a piece of tin took place which resulted in the entire colony being wiped out. When William Penn was established as the proprietor he made an effort to respect the needs of the Indians as a proper Quaker would have been expected to. As time went on Europeans became more and more demanding and the natives left for the west.

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Yes, Delaware was the first U.S. state. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution doing so on December 7, 1787 thereby becoming the first state in the union.

Delaware originally had a representative form of government. However, the state shared a governor and General Assembly with Pennsylvania under William Penn.

The great scholar Lou Monte records that Washington was cold, hungry, and had no change of undergarments at the time when he crossed the Delaware river. Washington apparently had also been planning on courting the support of Italy at the time, and this is what he supposed said as he crossed: "Mme faccia 'nu fridd', e tengo 'na famm',

Mme faccia 'nu fridd', no tengo mo dann'.