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State of Delaware Posters, Prints, & Photographs
for educators and home schoolers, themed decor in studio or office.
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social studies > Delaware < S < US < NA < geography
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Delaware, nicknamed the First State, joined the Union on December 7, 1787 as the 1st state to ratify the Constitution. Delaware is the second smallest state after Rhode Island.
The Zwaanendael Dutch Colony was established in 1631; in 1638 a colony was founded by the New Sweden Company. In 1655, the Dutchman Peter Stuyvesant took over the Swedish Colony, changing the name to Delaware to honor Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, the first governor of Virginia.
Delaware is located on the eastern section of the Delmarva (Delaware, Maryland and VA) Peninsula, between Delaware Bay and Chesapeake Bay, sharing a land border with Maryland to the west and south, Pennsylvania to the north, and New Jersey, the Delaware River, the Delaware Bay and the Atlantic Ocean to the east.
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University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware
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Zwaanendael in Lewes, Delaware is “highlighted by an ornamental gable with carved stonework, is adapted from the old town hall in Hoorn, Holland. It was built in 1931 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the first European settlement in Delaware.”
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| Nya Sverige was a Swedish settlement along the Delaware River (as in George Washington “Crossing the Delaware”). The colony was centered on Fort Christina (now Wilmington, DE), named for Queen Christina of Sweden, and included parts of Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The Swedes brought the idea of a log cabin, it was perfect for the climate - sturdy, easy to build, and warm. The founder of New Sweden was Peter Minuit who was hired by the Swedes after he was relieved of his post with the colony of New Netherlands. |
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Henlopen Lighthouse, Rehoboth, Delaware
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Blue Hen, Delaware State Bird.
Fighting Blue Hen Cocks were carried with the Delaware Revolutionary War Soldiers for entertainment.
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Lady Bug, or lady beetles, are small insects that are usually red, orange, or yellow with black spots on their back. Most ladybugs consume other insects that damage crops. (a rainy day project)
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Sea Trout, Cynoscion genus, is the Delaware State Fish.
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Northeast Native American Cultures -
The northeastern part of the U.S. and Canada includes coastal lands, rivers, the Great Lakes, valleys and mountains. before the arrival of European settlers, this region was mostly one vast forest. In these woodlands teeming with deer, bear, rabbit, and other animals, most of the Indians were hunters and gatherers. They also fished in the lakes and rivers. In wet marshy areas Indians gathered wild rice. And in the summer, some tribes planted crops of corn, squash, and beans. ...
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