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Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
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1638
3.29.1638
Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
1682
8.24.1682
William Penn receives the area that is now the state of Delaware, and adds it to his colony of Pennsylvania.
1776
6.15.1776
Delaware Separation Day – Delaware votes to suspend government under the British Crown and separate officially from Pennsylvania.
1787
12.7.1787
Delaware becomes the first state to ratify the United States Constitution.
12.12.1787
Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution five days after Delaware became the first.
1861
1.3.1861
American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
1865
2.8.1865
In the United States, Delaware voters reject the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, and vote to continue the practice of slavery. (Delaware finally ratifies the amendment on February 12, 1901.)
1918
5.2.1918
General Motors acquires the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware.