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Pennsylvania's history of human habitation extends to thousands of years before the foundation of the Province of Pennsylvania. Archaeologists generally believe that the first settlement of the Americas occurred at least 15,000 years ago during the last glacial period , though it is unclear when humans first entered present-day Pennsylvania.
May 9 – Thomas Maguire, American-born Canadian Roman Catholic priest, vicar general and educator (d. 1854) May 31 – John E. Hamm, American US Army colonel, doctor and politician, diplomat, industrialist, and Marshall of the State of Ohio (d. 1864) June 1 – George Schetky, composer (d. 1831) July 10 – Samuel Powell, politician (d. 1841) [9]
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
The Pennamite–Yankee Wars or Yankee–Pennamite Wars were a series of conflicts consisting of the First Pennamite War (1769–1770), the Second Pennamite War (1774), and the Third Pennamite War (1784), in which settlers from Connecticut and Pennsylvania (Pennamites) disputed for control of the Wyoming Valley along the North Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Pennsylvania Provincial Conference (June 18–25, 1776) The Lee Resolution (also known as "The Resolution for Independence") (July 2, 1776) Declaration of Independence (1776) George Washington's crossing of the Delaware River (December 25, 1776) to attack the Crown Forces' German auxiliaries at Trenton. The decisive American victory was a ...
9 Samuel Carpenter: Deputy Governor: 1694–1698 Philadelphia: 10 William Penn: Proprietor: 1699 Philadelphia: 11 Andrew Hamilton: Deputy Governor: 1701–1703 Philadelphia: 12 Edward Shippen: President of Council: 1703–1704 Philadelphia: 13 John Evans: Deputy Governor: 1704–1709 Philadelphia: 14 Charles Gookin: Deputy Governor: 1709–1717 ...
The establishment of Pennsylvania may be the most successful effort of Quakers in colonizing in America. Penn's close relationship with the Crown significantly contributed to the success. His ruling over Pennsylvania was largely based on the royal charter, which curbed his political experiment and led to a hierarchical governmental structure.
Pennsylvania declared its independence from Great Britain Procedure set for electing delegates to state constitutional convention The Pennsylvania Provincial Conference , officially the Provincial Conference of Committees of the Province of Pennsylvania , was a Provincial Congress held June 18–25, 1776 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia .