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  2. Province of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. History of Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    The North did not abide by the terms of the 1973 Paris Agreement, which officially settled the war by calling for free elections in the South and peaceful reunification. Two years after the withdrawal of the last U.S. forces in 1973, Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, fell to the communists, and

  4. History of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    In 1681, Pennsylvania became an English colony when William Penn received a royal deed from King Charles II of England. However, European activity in the region precedes that date (the area was first colonized by the Dutch in 1643).

  5. William Penn - Wikipedia

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    In 1704, the three southernmost counties of provincial Pennsylvania were granted permission to form a new, semi-autonomous Delaware Colony. As one of the earlier supporters of colonial unification, Penn wrote and urged for a union of all the English colonies in what, following the American Revolutionary War, later

  6. List of colonial governors of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    After Penn became ill in 1712, his second wife Hannah Callowhill Penn served as acting proprietor. After William's death in 1718, interest in the proprietorship passed to his three sons by Hannah: John Penn "the American" , Thomas Penn , and Richard Penn, Sr. , with John inheriting the largest share and becoming the chief proprietor.

  7. Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - Wikipedia

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    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. The Frame of Government has lasting historical importance as an important step in the development of American and world democracy .

  8. Vietnam - Wikipedia

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    Vietnam, [e] [f] officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, [g] is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about 331,000 square kilometres (128,000 sq mi) and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's fifteenth-most populous country.

  9. Pennsylvania in the American Revolution - Wikipedia

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    The city of Philadelphia, then capital of the Thirteen Colonies and the largest city in the colonies, was a gathering place for the Founding Fathers who discussed, debated, developed, and ultimately implemented many of the acts, including signing the Declaration of Independence, that inspired and launched the revolution and the quest for ...