delaware

__Geography__ 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 It has the delaware canal and the chesapeak canal and has many harbors, brandywine river Its a coastal teratory so it had alot of trade sailing

__history__ colonized in 1621 THe dutch came led by Henry hudson the settlers came from holond and later from england and sweden for economic reasons It was inhabited by several native amercian peoples, algongquian speaking people who called themselves the lenni lenape, and iroquoin speaking minqua visited the area for trade

__economics__ to survive the colonists used the harbors for trade and shiping and making turnpikes to provide agricultural goods to be shiped They traded gunpoweder and explosives for the military and had one of the worlds largest chemical manufacturers dupont And there were slaves used in this colony

Social- dutch was spoken along with swedish christian babtist women had the role of teahers and househeld chores

__political__ charter granted by william penn in 1702 royal

triangle trade did occure between delaware and other european countries and africa by transporting slaves and raw materials in return for manufactured goods during the era of solutary neglect delawares taxes were very high delaware used mercantilsm to enshure the prosperity for ones economy\ delaware's great awakening revived many historic releigeous belives delaware used cashcrops to make a bigger profit

__road to rev__ defensive chain of fortifications beginning at the Delaware River and running west and southwest to the Maryland border. //Delaware Indians// of the Ohio Valley had also secured an important territorial concession. //Loyalists// and //patriots// were in the proportion of six to one, said some Whigs of Broad Creek **...** //DELAWARE// A //LOYALIST// STATE As a whole suported revolution captain pipe, john mckinly suported washingtons army Many fortications and defence locations were assembled btitish captured delware president, and occupied willington. Suporters of the constition