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Under the Duke of York, the people of Delaware were allowed some measure of self-government. The Duke of York applied the same laws to New York. However, Delaware lost its ability to self-govern as a proprietary colony. Among the 13 colonies, only Delaware, Pennsylvania and Maryland were proprietary colonies. These types of colonies had proprietors that maintained full governing rights over the colony. In the case of these colonies, the land was technically owned by the proprietor rather than the king, although the monarch had to approve the proprietor. Proprietors could establish churches and towns. Delaware's proprietor was William Penn, who was awarded the land by King Charles II. Penn became responsible for all the details of the colony as proprietor, including leveling taxes, managing towns and cities and even monitoring religion.

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The flag of the State of Delaware consists of a buff-colored diamond on a field of colonial blue, with the coat of arms of the state of Delaware inside the diamond. Below the diamond, the date December 7, 1787, declares the day on which Delaware became the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.

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Native American tribes existed in Delaware well before the arrival of the Europeans. The area was originally occupied by the Unami Lenape of the Eastern Algonquin tribe. They settled along the Delaware River. With a surplus of natural resources, the tribe was able to survive through hunting and fur trade. Under pressure of several other tribes and European settlers, the tribe migrated westward.

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James, the Duke of York, gave Delaware to William Penn in 1682 who said that he needed the land to secure his own colony of Pennsylvania. At first the two colonies were joined and shared the same legislative assembly. After 1701, Delaware was given the right to its own assembly. However, both colonies shared the same governor. It was not until 1776 that Delaware was declared separate from Pennsylvania.

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Penn signed a peace treaty with the Lenni Lenape in 1682, and no further conflict occurred between American Indians and the Delaware settlers until the French and Indian War in 1754. Many of the Delaware Indians had moved west in an attempt to stay ahead of white settlement, and most of them already lived in Ohio by the time the French and Indian War broke out along the coast.

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Delaware is bordered in the north by Pennsylvania and in the south and west by Maryland. To the northeast of Delaware, across the Delaware River and Delaware Bay lies New Jersey.

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Where most of the people of the colony come from?

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Where most of the people of the colony come from?

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From the early Dutch settlement in 1631 to the colony’s rule by Pennsylvania in 1682, the land that later became the U.S. state of Delaware changed hands many times. Because of this, Delaware became a very heterogeneous society made up of individuals who were both religiously and culturally diverse.

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The town of New Castle, a port on the Delaware River, became the colonial capital of the "Three Lower Counties" (Delaware) in 1704. Major Cities: Wilmington.

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Middle Colonies schools were also largely religious but taught the teachings of one religion. If you were a Catholic, you learned about the Catholic religion. Most schools were private. Students also learned other subjects so they could get into college. Again, girls weren't allowed to attend, unless they were Quakers.

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When people broke the law in colonial Virginia, the courts ordered swift and often public punishments. Many of these punishments would be strange or harsh to Americans today. Unlike today, jails were used as places to hold people accused of crimes until they were brought to trial. They were not used as places for punishment. However, if the court imposed a fine, but the defendant could not pay, he sometimes spent time in jail until he did pay the fine in full.

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The economy of colonial Delaware relied heavily on industry, commerce and labor. They relied on deer and other pelts, as well as selling weapons.

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Enslaved Field Hands
These were your main field hands who worked in the fields picking cash crops all day to fund the colonies. They were mainly black, and were men, women, and children. They worked all day and got only Sundays off.

Enslaved House Servants
These slaves were a bit more lucky. They got spared from the back-breaking field work to uphold the houses. They were the cooks, did the laundry, blacksmiths, and did other skill work. The people seen in these roles had better lives than fieldhands, but were still slaves. A con to the entire situation is that they worked all day under the watch of their masters, and had little to no time for themselves.

Free Blacks
The British colonies had a very small amount of free black people. While they still weren't treated the same as whites, they could own property, have skill jobs, and contribute to their colony.

Farmers
Most people were farmers. They mostly only worked with their own family. If they had enough money, they could get a slave or two.
Middling
The were the middle class. They worked in different trades. They were balcksmiths, silversmiths, and other things. They could also be doctors, lawyers, and shop merchants.
Gentry
These were the upper class rich people. They owned lots of land, were successful merchants. They had many slaves and were the magistrates, church vestryman, and councilmen. The rich women were very involved in colonial fashion

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Delaware, first settled by Scandinavian Lutherans and Dutch Reformed, with English Quakers and Welsh Baptists joining in later on , had perhaps the most diverse beginnings of any middle colony. Not dominated by a specific religion, which gave way to religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others. It was a pretty open colony.

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Delawares geography is mostly coastal and relatively flat.