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Delaware (/ ˈ d ɛ l ə w ɛər / ⓘ DEL-ə-wair) [10] is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic [11] regions of the United States. [12] It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east.
During the Civil War, Delaware was a slave state that remained in the Union. (Delaware voters voted not to secede on January 3, 1861.) Although most Delaware citizens who fought in the Civil War served in regiments on the Union side, some did, in fact, serve in Delaware companies on the Confederate side in the Maryland and Virginia Regiments ...
The following table is a list of all 50 states and their respective dates of statehood. The first 13 became states in July 1776 upon agreeing to the United States Declaration of Independence, and each joined the first Union of states between 1777 and 1781, upon ratifying the Articles of Confederation, its first constitution. [6]
The First State [3] [5] (Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution; currently used on license plates) Home of Tax Free Shopping [ 3 ] New Sweden [ 3 ]
The term "commonwealth" is used interchangeably with the term "state" in the Constitution of Vermont, [11] but the act of Congress admitting that state to the Union calls it "the State of Vermont." Delaware was primarily referred to as a "state" in its 1776 Constitution; however, the term commonwealth was also used in one of its articles. [12]
The great seal of the state of Delaware: First adopted in 1777, with the current version being adopted in 2004. It contains the state coat of arms surrounded by the inscription "Great Seal of the State of Delaware" and the dates 1704, 1776 and 1787. 1777 [2] Motto "Liberty and Independence" Derived from the Order of Cincinnati: 1847 — Nicknames
The Lower Counties on the Delaware Bay established their own General Assembly in 1704; Separation Day, June 15, 1776, was the day the colonial General Assembly declared Delaware an independent state; Delaware Day, December 7, 1787, was the day Delaware ratified the United States Constitution, being the first state to do so.
The Delaware Constitution of 1776 was the first governing document for Delaware state government and was in effect from its adoption in September 1776 until its replacement by the 1792 constitution. [ 1 ]