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The American Battlefield Trust is working with various organizations and governments in Pennsylvania to preserve battlefields of the American Revolution, including Brandywine battlefield. [26] As of the 2010s, Chester County 's government is working with the local municipalities at the sites of the Battles of Brandywine, Paoli and the Clouds ...
This category includes people associated with Pennsylvania during the American Revolution. People in this category should not also be placed in Category:People of colonial Pennsylvania, unless they were notable in Pennsylvania before the Revolutionary era (i.e. before about 1765).
The University of Pennsylvania was founded during this period, and Benjamin Franklin established various other organizations such as the American Philosophical Society, the Union Fire Company, and the Pennsylvania Abolition Society. By the start of the American Revolution, Philadelphia was the largest city in British North America. [26]
Serving in a variety of roles during and after the American Revolution, several of which qualify him to be counted among the Founding Fathers. He was the first Governor of Pennsylvania , serving from 1790 to 1799; he was also the last President of Pennsylvania , succeeding Benjamin Franklin and serving from 1788 until 1790.
Articles and categories related to Pennsylvania during the American Revolution The main article for this category is Pennsylvania in the American Revolution . For more information, see American Revolution and Pennsylvania .
Joseph Reed (August 27, 1741 – March 5, 1785) was an American lawyer, military officer, politician, and Founding Father of the United States.He served as aide-de-camp to George Washington, as adjutant general of the Continental Army and fought in several key battles during the American Revolutionary War.
Pennsylvania: Battle called off due to rain Battle of Freeman's Farm: September 19, 1777: New York: British tactical victory: First of the two Battles of Saratoga: Battle of Paoli: September 21, 1777: Pennsylvania: British victory Siege of Fort Mifflin: September 26 – November 15, 1777: Pennsylvania: British victory Battle of Germantown ...
The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British military campaign during the American Revolutionary War designed to gain control of Philadelphia, the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental Congress convened and formed the Continental Army and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and authored and unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the ...