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For Christina was named after Queen Christina of Sweden. The fort was located East of now what is Wilmington, Delaware. It was upstream of the Delaware River.
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Anthony was his name. He was brought from the West Indies.
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Peter Stuyvesant built the Fort Casimir. This was before Governor Stuyvesant and his troops sailed to New York.
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Dutch General Stuyvesant was done dealing with the Swedes & then wanting to control Delaware. With 317 soldiers & 7 armed ships, Stuyvesant invaded New Sweden and took its forts one by one: ending with Fort Christina in September 1655. Stuyvesant's capturing of Fort Christina marked the end of New Sweden- & Swedish claim to the New World.
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Fun Fact- A couple of years after Carr drove the Dutch- he returned to Bristol, New England & died June 1st, 1667
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The Dutch gain control the land of England.
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They return the land to England, so England gains control over the dutch.
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The Holy Trinity is the oldest church in the United States that still stands as originally built. Its also a national landmark.
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William Penn granted the 3 lower counties of Pennsylvania their own assembly. The counties later broke away to form the colony of Delaware.
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1731- Thomas Willing founds Willingtown.
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Caesar Rodney & Thomas McKean represent Delaware at the Stamp Act Congress.
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James Adams sets up the first printing press in Delaware in Wilmington.
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Delaware is the first state to ratify(to sign or give formal consent of something to make it valid) the Federal constitution.
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The first steamboat line opens between Philadelphia and New Castle.
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Chesapeake and Delaware Canal opens. Delaware Free School Act passes, creating first public schools in the state. Louis McLane was appointed Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
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The Delaware senate considers ending slavery, but the act is defeated by 1 vote. The senate was John M. Clayton.
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Delaware legislatures rejects President Lincoln’s offer to buy its slaves.
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The first telephone line was installed in Wilmington.
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Electric street trains started to replace “horse cars” in Wilmington
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Delaware’s legislature ratifies 13th, 14th, 15th Amendments to the United States Constitution.
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The first automobile license in the state.
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United States Supreme Court confirms Delaware’s claim to control the Delaware River.
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30,000 Delaware men and women serve in armed forces in World War 2
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Delaware Court of Chancery orders University of Delaware to end segregation
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. President John F. Kennedy opens Delaware Turnpike (Interstate 95; John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway) completing a non-stop highway between Boston & Washington D.C. – one of his last public appearances.
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Wilmington following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. – prompting a 10-month occupation of city by the National Guard., the longest occupation in the country. – Second span of the Delaware Memorial Bridge was dedicated.
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Delaware is nicknamed “The First State.” The Horse-show crab is named the state marine animal.
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Joe Biden was elected as Delaware’s 1st Vice President of the US. & first Roman Catholic to hold office.
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A strawberry was named Delaware’s state fruit. A Grey Fox becomes the states wildlife animal.
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Delaware passes Civil Union Bill. It allows civil unions shall enjoy all the same rights, benefits, protections, and shall be subject to all the same responsibilities, as married persons a=under the Delaware law.
