Delaware Colony in the North American Middle Colonies was a region of the Province of Pennsylvania although never legally a separate colony. From 1682 to 1776 it was part of the Penn proprietorship and was known as the lower counties. In 1701 it gained a separate Assembly from the three upper counties but had the same Governor as the rest of Pennsylvania.
Read more about Delaware Colony: Dutch and Swedish Settlement, English Conquest, Durham County, Maryland, New Castle, Kent and Sussex Counties, Pennsylvania
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