GLCEventAmerican Civil WarlCNoteBhttp://www.us-civilwar.com/ Taken from the Internet July 3, 2001.American RevolutionOXNBegan with the Declaration of Independence and ended with the Treaty of Paris.[http://webpages.homestead.com/revwar/files/INDEX.HTM Taken from the Internet, July 3, 2001Became a State`4It was the first of the thirteen original states. Mhttp://www.50states.com/delaware.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.&Beginning of the Delaware State Police!$Cars speeding at 35 miles per hour, roving bands of troublemakers, and bootleggers provided the impetus. The first State Police Station was located on the southbound side of the Philadelphia Pike at Bellevue. The State Patrol: the officer's daily tour would start at Claymont, Delaware, the northernmost postal area where the postmaster would stamp his daily sheet. He would, then, travel south through all three counties stopping at all the post offices enroute. Upon reaching the southern Delaware - Maryland line, he would make a return trip. Ohttp://www.state.de.us/dsp/history.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.Boundaries of Delaware Set*_NiGeographical boundaries set and incorporated. From fall of 1763 to 1768, the Mason-Dixon survey occurred.TMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 140-143.Capital Moves to Dover:QDover]http://www.state.de.us/gic/facts/history/delfact.htm Taken from the Internet, July 23, 2001.DuPont Chemicalst WilmingtonEleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours (d.1834), a French immigrant, set up a saltpeter mill in Wilmington, Del., on the banks of the Brandywine River. In 8 years it grew to become America's largest black-powder plant. In 1834 Eleuthere Irenee du Pont de Nemours died. The company was re-charted as a partnership and then the French and original stockholders were all bought out by the family. General Henry du Pont, the 2nd son of E.I. du Pont led the company till his death in 1899. In 1912 Du Pont was forced to give up a big piece of its explosives business due to government trust busting but kept its military line and became the chief supplier to the Allies in WW I._http://members.theglobe.com/algis/states/delaware.html Taken from the Internet, July 16, 2001.Dutch Control Delaware*:After years of skirmishes, Stuyvesant returns with 7 armed ships and 300 soldiers. Fort Trefaldighet's little garrison surrenders; it becomes again Fort Casimir. The Dutch then besiege Fort Christina and burn Christinahamn. After 12 days the fort is surrendered. The Dutch hold all the River. So ends New Sweden. Uhttp://members.nbci.com/jweaver300/de/de.htm Taken from the Internet, July 12, 2001.English Take ControlCharles II grants land in America, from Maine to New Jersey inclusive, to his brother James, Duke of York. English fleet takes New Amsterdam. Two ships, under Sir Robert Carr, come down to Delaware River and take possession of upper colony without resistance. Fort Casimir resists. After two broadsides from the ships, English storm and capture the fort, 3 Dutch killed, 10 wounded; name changed to New Castle. English hold all the River.Uhttp://members.nbci.com/jweaver300/de/de.htm Taken from the Internet, July 12, 2001.European Explorationa Delaware Bay#Henry Hudson explores Delaware Bay.NMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 3.First Issue of Paper Money"Land was used to secure the issue.OMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 211First Permanent White Settlers Ft ChristinaTwo Swedish ships, Kalmar Nyckel, (Key of Kalmar) and Vogel Grip (Bird Griffin) landed 23 soldiers and two officers on a ledge of rocks on the bank. of a river, which they named Christina after their queen. The country they called New Sweden. They built a fort of palisades and earth and settled themselves for an indefinite stay. This was the beginning of the first permanent settlement of white men in Delaware and in the whole Delaware Valley. Uhttp://members.nbci.com/jweaver300/de/de.htm Taken from the Internet, July 12, 2001. First Slave Ft. ChristinaSlave is known as Anthony.Uhttp://members.nbci.com/jweaver300/de/de.htm Taken from the Internet, July 12, 2001.Incorporation of New Castlel New castleOne of the first acts by the English when they took control, was to order removal of all Dutch from New Amsterdam; the name was then changed from New Amstel to New Castle. In 1672, the town of New Castle was incorporated and English law ordered.Thttp://www.co.new-castle.de.us/ncchist1.htm Taken from the Internet, July 23, 2001.(Legislative Separation from PennsylvaniauRepresentatives demanded of William Penn that the "Three Lower Counties" be granted a separate legislature and governor. Penn agreed because he was in danger of losing all of his holdings and was on his way back to England to try to secure his title. Penn added a codicil to a new charter that allowed the Three Lower Counties to form their own assembly, if they so wished.VMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 115 & 263..Lower Counties Proclaimed Freedom from BritainOEven as close as 1776, Delaware was not know as Delaware, but as "The Lower Counties". Representatives drafted a constition that provided that no more slaves could be brought into Delaware.PMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 188.New Castle as Capital:Q New CastleQhttp://www.co.new-castle.de.us/hist2.htm Taken from the Internet, July 23, 2001. Old Swedes The RocksIn 1698, the Kalmar Nyckel's settlers constructed the handsome and substantial Holy Trinity Church, later to be named Old Swedes, just a few hundred yards upstream from "The Rocks." Old Swedes still stands today, one of the oldest continuously functioning churches in the United States.Jhttp://www.kalnyc.org/history.htm Taken from the Internet, July 12, 2001.+Penn Acquires the West side of the DelawareThe Duke of York gave William Penn all his interests in the west side of the Delaware. This land would become "The Three Lower Counties" and then Delaware. In a ceremony on Oct 28, called "livery of seisin", Penn formally took possession of this area.RMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 83-84.Second European Exploration&c Delaware BayCSamuel Argall is the second European Captain to visit Delaware Bay.NMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 6.Slave Trade Ended in Delaware~_The assembly passed a law that any slave brought into Delaware was automatically freed. The law also prohibited exporting slaves for sale.QMunroe, John A. Colonical Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 190.*Thomas Garrett and the Underground Railway WilmingtonFor slaves fleeing north through the Delmarva Peninsula, the last underground railroad station before the Pennsylvania line and freedom was the Wilmington home of Thomas Garrett, a Quaker iron merchant. In the year 1820 Thomas Garrett decided to devote his life to abolitionism. Over the next four decades he helped more than 2,000 blacks reach freedom. Garrett was repeatedly threatend by slaveholders and their sympathizers with physical violence. Yhttp://www.state.de.us/facts/history/garrbio.htm Taken from the Internet, July 15, 2001.Willingtown Settled+M Wilmington,On Nov. 16, 1739 incorporated as Wilmington.TMunroe, John A. Colonial Delaware: A History. New York: KTO Press, 1978. p. 153-158.