Delaware: Polity Style: 1682-2025

Delaware: Polity Style: 1776-2025

11 Sep 1776	the Declaration of Rights and Fundamental Rules of the Delaware State, formerly styled, the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent and Sussex, upon Delaware is adopted by the Convention held at New Castle on 11 Sep 1776 (Delaware Convention Proceedings 1776, pp. 17-20)
20 Sep 1776	the Constitution or System of Government is adopted by the Convention held at New Castle on 20 Sep 1776 (Delaware Convention Proceedings 1776, pp. 26-35) [1]
20 Sep 1776 - 12 Jun 1792	The Delaware State
1 Feb 1779	the delegates of Delaware to the Continental Congress are authorized to proceed with ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union in accordance with an act passed by the General Assembly of Delaware (Legislative Council on 23 Jan 1779, concurred in by the House of Assembly on 28 Jan 1779) and signed into law on 1 Feb 1779 (Delaware Legislative Council Minutes 1776-1792, pp. 372-373, 384; Laws of Delaware, 2:645-646; Journals of the Continental Congress, 13:187) [2]
5 May 1779	the delegates of Delaware to the Continental Congress signed the ratification of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, session of the Continental Congress, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Journals of the Continental Congress, 14:548)
1 Mar 1781	Delaware formed part of the United States upon the taking effect of the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (Journals of the Continental Congress, 19:213-223)
12 Jun 1792	the Constitution of the State of Delaware is adopted by the Convention held at Dover on 12 Jun 1792 (Delaware Convention Minutes 1792, pp. 86-105) [3]
12 Jun 1792 -	State of Delaware

Full title: Constitution, or System of Government, agreed to and resolved upon by the Representatives in full Convention of the Delaware State, formerly styled the Government of the Counties of New Castle, Kent, and Sussex, upon Delaware, the said Representatives being chosen by the Freemen of the said State for that express Purpose.
Full title: An Act to authorize and empower the Delegates of the Delaware State to subscribe and ratify the articles of Confederation and perpetual union between the several states.
The Constitution was adopted by the Convention on 12 Jun 1792 and, evidently, came into operation on or after that date. It was published in the Delaware Gazette, Nos. 379 and 380, 30 Jun 1792 and 7 Jul 1792. The style State of Delaware is attested in the minutes of the Privy Council of 5 Oct 1792 and the proclamation of the President of the State of 3 Nov 1792. The General Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives) under the Constitution of 1792 met at Dover on 1 Nov 1792.