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What is the colony that was originally part of pennsylvania?

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Delaware Colony was originally part of Pennsylvania and was ceded to the state in 1682. William Penn hoped to join the two colonies to givePennsylvania access to the ocean, and Delaware was given its own assembly in 1704.
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