Discusses some of the key people and events in Delaware's history, from the arrival of the first explorers in the 1600s to becoming the first state in 1787.
Delaware: 1638–1776.Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, 2006. Lindstrom, Peter. Geographia Americae. New York: Arno Press, 1925, p. 175. Lukes, Bonnie L. Colonial America. San Diego: Lucent Books, 2000. Penn, William.
Readers learn about colonial life and the events that led to revolution and statehood.
A detailed look at the formation of the colony of Delaware, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1638 and an epilogue on Delaware today.
Relates the history of the Colony of Delaware from its founding by David Pietersen de Vries in 1631 to its statehood in 1787.
Relates the history of the Colony of Delaware from its founding by David Pietersen de Vries in 1631 to its statehood in 1787.
An introduction to the lives of the early settlers in the Delaware Colony, from the early attempts of the Dutch, Swedes, and English to colonize to Delaware's role in the American Revolution.
Maps, documents, and artwork are used to introduce the history of Delaware to the time of the American Revolution.
Colonial Delaware: A History
Lenape Country is a sweeping narrative history of the multiethnic society of the Delaware Valley in the seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.
In 1661, the year after Charles II was restored to the throne of England, William Penn was a seventeen-year-old student at Christ Church, Oxford. His father, a distinguished admiral in...