Why did Delaware become a state?

Kent (center of Delaware, is 11 miles south of Dover) Sussex (downstate, the largest county, measuring 950 square miles). How did Delaware get its name? In 1610 explorer Samuel Argall named the Delaware River and Bay for the governor of Virginia, Thomas West, Lord De La Warr. read more

The Dates — 1704, the year that Delaware established its General Assembly; 1776, the year that our independence from Great Britain was declared; and 1787, the year that Delaware became"the First State" by being the first colony to ratify the United States Constitution. read more

Today, Delaware has become a farming and industrial state. At one time the center of this country's flour industry, it is today the leading producer of chemicals in the United States and, because of its corporate laws, more corporations are headquartered in Delaware than in any other state. read more

On December 7, 1787, Delaware became the first state to ratify the Constitution of the United States, and has since been known as"The First State". read more