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Delaware's name is derived from the 12th Baron de la Warr, who was governor of this colony from 1609 to 1618.

a) Jamestown
b) Plymouth
c) Roanoke
d) Williamsburg

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Delaware's name is derived from the 12th Baron de la Warr, who was governor of this colony from 1609 to 1618. The correct answer is Jamestown.

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Delaware's name is derived from the 12th Baron de la Warr, who was governor of this colony from 1609 to 1618. Plymouth is not the correct answer. Plymouth was a colony established by the Pilgrims in 1620, in what is now Massachusetts. The correct answer is Jamestown. Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in 1607 in Virginia.

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