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Originally posted by Dakota
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Originally posted by CecilOne
Mike,
If I buy a book on the history of Delaware, will you assign me the State Final? Thanks, I'll even polish my belt!
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Well, if I was Mike, I would at least require you to also pass this test:
1) How did Delaware get its name?
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Named for Sir Thomas West, Baron De La Warr, English Colonial governor of VA.
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2) What is the significance of the name Zwaanendael to the state?
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First settlement (Dutch) in Delaware.
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3) Why is the Declaration of Independence even more significant to Delaware than to the other original 13 states?
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Though many consider the Pennsylvania vote to be decisive, Delaware's delegation was also divided and an ill Caesar Rodney returned to Philadelphia to move the DE vote to favor independence.
Whether that was actually a matter of persuasion to Delaware's statehood is a question mark as the "three lower counties" had been given the right to separate assembly and government nearly 70 years earlier. Delaware supposedly gained statehood in 1776, but the "official date" of statehood is Dec 7, 1787, the date on which Delaware was the first to ratify the constitution.
Well, do I pass?
