Delaware
In 1609 an explorer named Henry Hudson found the place that later on will be called Delaware. However, Delaware was settled in 1638 by a group of settlers led by Peter Minuit, who might be better known as the man who bought Manhattan from Native Americans for 60 guilders, which was equal to $24 worth of trinkets, knives, and assorted beads. These Indians called themselves the Lenape or "Original People." The colony was named for the Delaware tribe and for an early governor of Colonial Virginia, Lord de La Warr. Delaware was the only colony to be claimed by Sweden, Holland and England. There is also some evidence that Egyptian explorers might have explored in the Delaware area too. In 1681, William Penn came from England, with a group of religious people known as Quakers to a colony that would later be named Pennsylvania. The very next year, he took control of three counties in the Delaware colony, because he was given permission by the Duke of York. The colonist in Maryland wanted part of Delaware. They took it and fought about the boundaries for a very long time. New Sweden became the largest city in the Delaware colony and was named Willington after Thomas Willing in 1731. Eight years later, it became Wilmington.
Delaware’s major industry was agriculture, fishing, manufacturing and lumbering. Delaware was a seaboard colony and had a thriving fishing business. The colony also had many trees and had a lumbering business as well.
Delaware’s major industry was agriculture, fishing, manufacturing and lumbering. Delaware was a seaboard colony and had a thriving fishing business. The colony also had many trees and had a lumbering business as well.