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The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now Pennsylvania. In 1681, Pennsylvania became an English colony when William Penn received a royal deed from King Charles II of England .
History of Allentown, Pennsylvania (4 C, 44 P, 3 F) C. ... Pages in category "Histories of cities in Pennsylvania" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of ...
Map of the United States with Pennsylvania highlighted. There are 56 municipalities classified as cities in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] Each city is further classified based on population, with Philadelphia being of the first class, Pittsburgh of the second class, Scranton of the second class A, and the remaining 53 cities being of the third class.
Histories of cities in Pennsylvania (8 C, 6 P) ... Pages in category "History of Pennsylvania" The following 95 pages are in this category, out of 95 total.
Westward expansion of the Pennsylvania Railroad helped Philadelphia keep up with nearby New York City in domestic commerce, as both cities fought for dominance in transporting iron and coal resources from Pennsylvania. Philadelphia's other local railroad was the Reading Railroad, but after a series of bankruptcies, it was taken over by New Yorkers.
Pennsylvania is a state located in the Northeastern United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, Pennsylvania is the fifth-most populous state with 13,002,700 inhabitants [1] and the 32nd-largest by land area spanning 44,742.70 square miles (115,883.1 km 2) of land. [2] Pennsylvania is divided into 67 counties and contains 2,560 municipalities.
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History of slavery in Pennsylvania, 1639–1847; Swedish colony of Nya Sverige, 1638–1655; Netherlands province of Nieuw-Nederland, 1652–1664; English Province of New-York, (1664–1681)–1688; English Province of Pennsylvania, 1681–1707; British Colony of Pennsylvania, 1707–1776; French colony of la Louisiane, 1699–(1754–1763)