The Three Lower Counties had broken away from Pennsylvania in June 1776. They adopted a constitution and became the Delaware State, the first of all the colonies to call themselves a state. After the Revolutionary War, John Dickinson and George Read of Delaware assisted in writing a constitution for the new nation. On Dec. 7, 1787, Delaware ratified the United States Constitution and became the 1st state in the Union.
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