COLONY SHEET

Delaware

Middle

Peter Minuit

FOUNDED

INFO

ECONOMY

Mild summers

Mild winters

Fertile soil, good for farming

It was not rocky in Delaware

Peter had a group go to the Delaware river, establishing a trading post.Delaware was founded for trade and profit.They used Delaware to farm and make trade and profit.

1638

"It's Agriculture time"

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ECONOMY

Some economic activity the Delaware people did was agriculture/farming, shipbuilding, and fishing.

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS/INFORMATION/PEOPLERELIGION

• Delaware had a proprietary government meaning a proprietor owns the colony.

• The physical geography of Delaware was flat lowlands and coastal plains. There were tons of swamps in Delaware colony. The physical geo was a mix of New England and Southern colonies.

• The populatio of Delaware mostly included British isles, Germans, slaves from Africa, and some of the people left from Native America

• There was no dominant religion, so it gave religious freedom to Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, and Jews that lived in Delaware.