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Timeline. 1609 - English explorer Henry Hudson visits the Delaware Bay and explores the coastline. 1610 - Sir Samuel Argall names the Delaware Bay after Virginia governor Sir De La Warr. 1631 - The first European settlement is built by the Dutch. They are wiped out within a year by Native Americans.
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1600- Minquas, from the Susquehanna River Valley, began to attack the villages of the Lenni Lenape. 1609- Henry Hudson, an Englishman sailing for the Dutch East India Company, discovers Delaware Bay and River. 1610- Captain Samuel Argall, an English sea captain, names the bay and river after Lord De La Warr, the governor of Virginia. 1631- Dutch co...
1704- Delaware's first assembly of the Three Lower Counties Upon Delaware, separate from Pennsylvania, meets at New Castle. 1717- Town of Dover laid out. 1731- Thomas Willing founds Willingtown. 1739- Willingtown receives royal charter and is renamed Wilmington. 1742- Oliver Canby builds flour mill on Brandywine River at Wilmington, beginning large...
1802 - Frenchman eleuthere Irenee du Pont founded a gunpowder mill near Wilmington. duPont de Nemours begins manufacturing gunpowder along the Brandywine River near Wilmington. 1805- First Methodist camp meeting held near Smyrna. 1807- Caesar A. Rodney named Attorney General of the United States by President Thomas Jefferson. 1808- Newport and Gap ...
1900- 1. Illustrator Howard Pyle opens his art school in Wilmington. 2. Frank Stephens purchases 163 acres near Grubbs Corner to found single tax community of Arden. 1901 - Legislature ratifies 13th, 14th, and 15thAmendments to the United States Constitution. 1905- Delaware becomes last state to abolish use of the pillory. 1907- 1. First automobile...
2000- Ruth Ann Minner elected Delaware's first woman governor. 2002- 1. "The First State"becomes the official nickname for Delaware 2. Horseshow crab was designated as Delaware's official marine animal 2005 - Stonefly became official state macro invertebrate 2008- 1. Joe Biden was elected as Delaware's 1st Vice President of the U.S. and 1st Roman C...
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Jun 10, 2011 · This year marks the beginning of a nationwide, four-year commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War. And while it’s true that none of the battles were fought on Delaware soil, that does not mean that our state was a sideshow to the epic events taking place 150 years ago.
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During the Civil War, Fort Delaware, on Pea Patch Island in Delaware City, housed roughly 33,000 prisoners-of-war, mainly Confederate soldiers. The prisoners had few resources and little contact with the outside world. Julia Jefferson of New Castle and her friends wanted Delaware to support the Confederacy.
During the Reconstruction period (1865–77) that followed the Civil War, schools for African Americans were introduced throughout the state. Democrats , who controlled the state government at the time, were hostile to granting equality to Blacks.
Kids learn about the history of the American Civil War including causes, timeline, generals, battles, daily life, Abraham Lincoln, the North vs. South, border states, and slavery. Educational articles for students, schools, and teachers.
