Delaware became a state on June 15, 1776, when the Delaware Assembly formally adopted a resolution declaring an end to Delaware's status as a colony of Great Britain and establishing the three counties as an independent state under the authority of “the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex Upon ...
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Nov 13, 2009 · On June 15, 1776, the Assembly of the Lower Counties of Pennsylvania declares itself independent of British and Pennsylvanian authority, ...
During the American War for Independence in August and September, 1777, the British invaded Delaware as part of an end-run campaign to defeat George ...
Since announcing its independence from Great Britain several weeks before enactment of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, the General Assembly has ...
On July 4, 1776, Delaware joined 12 other British colonies to form the United States of America.
In 1776, Delaware declared independence from both England and Pennsylvania. Originally known as the Three Lower Counties of Pennsylvania, the First State was ...
On June 15, 1776 the Assembly of the Lower Three Counties (of the colony of Pennsylvania) declared themselves to be named Delaware and to be independent from ...
Delaware was one of the Thirteen Colonies that participated in the American Revolution and American Revolutionary War, in which the American Continental Army, ...
The outbreak of war with Great Britain prompted Delaware's formal separation as a sovereign state. On June 15, 1776, the. Assembly of the Lower Counties ...
