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December 6: United States capital relocates to Philadelphia from New York City for a period of 10 years as the new national capital is constructed in Washington, D.C. Philadelphia Stock Exchange founded; General Advertiser newspaper begins publication [4] Population: 28,522. [18] [5] 1791 City Hall building constructed; U.S. Supreme Court ...
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
(Capital of the United States of America 1776, 1777, 1778–1783, and 1790–1800). Lancaster: 1799: Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (Capital of the United States of America 1777). Harrisburg: 1812: Capital of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Rhode Island Statehood in 1776: Providence: 1636: Capital of the English Colony of ...
Philadelphia served as the capital of the United States both during and immediately after the American Revolutionary War. Independence Hall, located next door, served as the meeting place of the Continental Congress until the Pennsylvania Mutiny in June 1783.
Independence Hall is a historic civic building in Philadelphia, where both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were debated and adopted by the Founding Fathers of the United States. The structure, which is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park, was designated a World Heritage Site in 1979 ...
1774 — First continuously serving unit in the United States military, the First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry; 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 ...
Pennsylvania Hall (Philadelphia) Pennsylvania Prison Society; Pennsylvania Provincial Conference; Phil-Ellena; History of the Philadelphia 76ers; Philadelphia blunt ban; Philadelphia Brigade; Philadelphia campaign; Philadelphia Club; Philadelphia Cricket Club; Philadelphia Election riot; Philadelphia Eleven; Philadelphia Freedom Concert ...
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the second-largest city on the East Coast of the United States after New York City, and the fifth-most-populous city in the United States. [1] Philadelphia is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, and it is the only consolidated ...