Map of Delaware Colony

The Delaware Colony, officially known as the three "Lower Counties on the Delaware", was a semiautonomous region of the proprietary Province of Pennsylvania and a de facto British colony in North America. Although not royally sanctioned, Delaware consisted of the three counties on the west bank of the Delaware River Bay.
  • Status: Colony of England (1664–1707) · Colony of Great Britain (1707–1776)
  • Capital: New Castle
  • Common languages: English, Dutch, Munsee, Unami
  • Government: Semiautonomous proprietary colony
  • Legislature: General Assembly
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