2.  Peter Minuit was a Dutch colonists and founded New Sweden of Delaware as part of new nether land  When Charles II the king on New England gave his brother,James,the Duke Of York, New Netherland and demanded and received surrender. They then named the colony New Sweden in 1638

3.  Peter Minuit is a very important person due to the founding of Delaware  Peter Minuit was summoned and sent by 12 year old Queen Christina  While sent he was told to find a new colony and founded New Sweden and today Delaware in 1638  William Penn is important to the colony of Delaware, he thought that everyone should have a freedom of religion, and aside his was the founder of the Delaware colony before it became state in the late 1800’s

4.  In the middle colonies there was a mixture of religion  Including the Quackers,Cathoilics,Luth erens,Jews,and others  The great awakening swept the colonies. This was a movement to refocus peoples minds and thoughts on church and their religion

5.  The climate in the Delaware Colony was perfect crops and wasn’t to hot or to cold just right to maintain a great economy  The flat grounds made nice land for the crops

6.  Delaware had 2 things that makes this colony a great industry  This includes fish because of the rivers on the coasts and the forest because it made a great economy with lumbering and selling this made great money aside the crops

7.  http://avoca37.org/12meganm/2011/02/01/delaware-colonial- brochure/ http://avoca37.org/12meganm/2011/02/01/delaware-colonial- brochure/  http://www.historyofholland.com/peter-minuit.html http://www.historyofholland.com/peter-minuit.html  http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lec.ga.html http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/lec.ga.html  http://trek2thecolonies.wikispaces.com/Mid- Atlantic+Colonies+Geography http://trek2thecolonies.wikispaces.com/Mid- Atlantic+Colonies+Geography  http://openclipart.org/detail/2707 http://www.flushinghistorical.org/photos_historical.html http://openclipart.org/detail/2707 http://www.flushinghistorical.org/photos_historical.html  http://www.imrivers.org/home/tag/hudson-river/ http://www.imrivers.org/home/tag/hudson-river/  http://www.flushinghistorical.org/photos_historical.html

8. 1. Why was William Penn important? 2. How many times was Delaware handed off to, who were involve and who took complete control at the end? 3. What were the 2 natural resources? 4. What were 2 religions allowed in the Delaware Colony?