Delaware was admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787, becoming the first official state. Delaware was the first state to ratify the Articles of Confederation.
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Delaware was the first state to enter the U.S. of A.
Delaware was the first of the colonies to ratify the Constitution of the United States.
No, Rhode Island was the 13th State. delaware's the 9th.
No, it's the first state.
Delaware is the 49th State in Area and Utah is the 13th largest US State.
Rhode Island was admitted into the Union on May 29, 1790 becoming the 13th state to join the Union.
Delaware was the last, so what did she ware?
It was a slave state but by 1860 less then 10 percent of all the African Americans in Delaware were still enslaved. Delaware had only a few slaveholders and they did not control the state government and economy as in the south. Delaware is often grouped with the free states for this reason.
Delaware is known as the "First State"
Delaware abolished slavery through a gradual process. In 1776, the state passed a law that allowed individuals born into enslavement after that year to be freed at the age of 28. Then, in 1865, after the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, slavery was officially abolished in Delaware.
Delaware's state flower is the peach blossom.
The state slogan for Delaware is "Liberty and Independence". It is the state slogan because Delaware was the first state to ratify the Constitution.
Delaware state flag.
Yes, Delaware is still a state.