Delaware Colony

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Delaware Colony was a British North American colony along the mid-Atlantic coast that later became the state of Delaware, known for its early settlement, diverse population, and role in colonial trade and politics.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British North American colony
Thirteen Colonies
alsoKnownAs Lower Counties on the Delaware
Lower Counties on the Delaware
surface form: Three Lower Counties
borderedBy New Jersey across the Delaware River
Colony of Maryland
surface form: Province of Maryland

Province of Pennsylvania
capital New Castle, Delaware
surface form: New Castle
composedOf Kent County
New Castle County, Delaware
surface form: New Castle County

Sussex County
country Kingdom of Great Britain
currency Pennsylvania pound
economy coastal trade
fur trade
grain production
lumber trade
tobacco cultivation
followedBy Province of Delaware
surface form: State of Delaware
foundedBy Dutch West India Company
New Sweden
surface form: New Sweden Company
governmentType constitutional monarchy under British Crown
proprietary colony
hasEthnicGroup African slaves
Dutch colonists
English colonists
Finnish colonists
German colonists
Lenape
surface form: Lenape people

Nanticoke people
Swedish colonists
language Dutch
English
German
Swedish
legislature Delaware General Assembly
locatedIn Mid-Atlantic states
surface form: Mid-Atlantic region
locatedOn Atlantic coast of North America
namedAfter Delaware River
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
partOf British America
Province of Pennsylvania
partOfConflict American Revolutionary War
surface form: American Revolutionary War (as Delaware)

Anglo-Dutch Wars
surface form: Anglo-Dutch Wars (region contested)

French and Indian War (as part of British America)
precededBy New Netherland
New Sweden
religion Anglicanism
Lutheranism
Presbyterianism
Quakerism
sharedGovernorWith Province of Pennsylvania
significantEvent ratification of the United States Constitution in 1787 by successor state
separate assembly granted from Pennsylvania in 1704
timePeriod 17th century
18th century

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Province of New Jersey borderedBy Delaware Colony
Middle Colonies included Delaware Colony
United Colonies hasPart Delaware Colony
Province of Pennsylvania borderedBy Delaware Colony
Colony of Maryland neighboringColony Delaware Colony
Colony of Pennsylvania borderedBy Delaware Colony
Delaware people nameOrigin Delaware Colony
this entity surface form: named "Delaware" after Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr
Charles Mason hasWorkLocation Delaware Colony
Crown Colony of New Jersey borderedBy Delaware Colony
Battle of Cooch’s Bridge colonyAtTime Delaware Colony
Zwaanendael locatedIn Delaware Colony
Gunning Bedford Sr. (indirectly via Bedford, Pennsylvania) countryOfCitizenship Delaware Colony
subject surface form: Gunning Bedford Sr.
this entity surface form: Colony of Delaware
Province of Maryland borderedBy Delaware Colony
Lord De La Warr eponymOf Delaware Colony
subject surface form: Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr