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Charles named the colony Pennsylvania ("Penn's woods" in Latin), after the elder Penn, which the younger Penn found embarrassing, as he feared people would think he had named the colony after himself. Penn landed in North America in October 1682, and founded the colonial capital, Philadelphia, that same year.
Among the first groups were the Mennonites, who founded Germantown in 1683; and the Amish, who established the Northkill Amish Settlement in 1740. 1751 was an auspicious year for the colony. Pennsylvania Hospital , the first hospital in the British American colonies, [ 7 ] and The Academy and College of Philadelphia , the predecessor to the ...
William Penn, an English Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England.
1775 — Continental Marines founded, Tun Tavern, Philadelphia; now known as U.S. Marine Corps [10] 1777 — First United States Capital, Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the first capital under the First Continental Congress from September 5, 1774 to October 24, 1774.
William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July] 1718) was an English writer, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania during the British colonial era.
Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a ... a Swedish colony. Established as a haven for ... present-day Pennsylvania. Between 10,000 and 16,000 years ...
The original village was established in 1675 and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] 1838: São João Del Rey: Minas Gerais: Brazil: The original village was established in 1700 [81] and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] 1838: Serro: Minas Gerais: Brazil: The original village was established in 1701 and became a city on 6 March 1838 [80] [82 ...
The Erie Triangle is a roughly 300-square-mile (780-square-kilometre) tract of land that was the subject of several competing colonial-era claims.It was eventually acquired by the U.S. federal government and sold to Pennsylvania so that the state would have access to a freshwater port on Lake Erie.