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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 .
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.
The European forts and settlements in the Delaware River Valley, then known as New Sweden, c. 1650 A 1683 map of Philadelphia, which is believed to be the first city map created Philadelphia's seal in 1683 Penn's Treaty with the Indians, a 1772 portrait by Benjamin West now on display above the north door of the United States Capitol rotunda
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 ...
Concrete City is a ghost town in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States.It was an early example of International Style architecture in the United States, built as company housing in 1911 for select employees of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad's coal division in Nanticoke.
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)
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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.