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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, formed the Continental Army, and appointed George Washington as its commander in 1775, and later authored and unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence the ...
The Philadelphia Campaign: Volume One: Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia. 2006. ISBN 0811701786. McGuire, Thomas J. The Philadelphia Campaign: Volume Two: Germantown and the Roads to Valley Forge. 2007. ISBN 0811702065. Nagy, John A. Spies in the Continental Capital: Espionage Across Pennsylvania During the American Revolution. 2011.
In 2015, Pope Francis visited Philadelphia during his U.S. tour; he attended the 2015 World Meeting of Families and said mass to 1 million people on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Tourism has become one of the city's main industries; as of 2018, Philadelphia was the eighth-most visited U.S. city. [124]
William Allen (August 5, 1704 – September 6, 1780) was a wealthy merchant, attorney and chief justice of the Province of Pennsylvania, and mayor of Philadelphia during the colonial era. At the time of the American Revolution , Allen was one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in Philadelphia.
This is a list of military actions in the American Revolutionary War. Actions marked with an asterisk involved no casualties. Major campaigns, theaters, and expeditions of the war Boston campaign (1775–1776) Invasion of Quebec (1775–1776) New York and New Jersey campaigns (1776–1777) Saratoga campaign (1777) Philadelphia campaign (1777 ...
Gouverneur Morris, one of the leading minds of the American Revolution, lived in New York City during most of the colonial period but moved to Philadelphia to work as a lawyer and merchant during the Revolution; Robert Morris moved to Philadelphia around 1749 at about age 14. He was known as the Financier of the Revolution because of his role ...
Not to be confused with Pennsylvania Line Mutiny. Pennsylvania Mutiny of 1783 Independence Hall in Philadelphia Date June 20, 1783 Location Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Also known as Philadelphia Mutiny Participants Congress of the Confederation, soldiers from the Pennsylvania Line Outcome Capital moved from Philadelphia and a federal district, now Washington, D.C., was created in 1800 The ...
Prior to the American Revolution and following it, Philadelphia grew quickly into a major political and economic center of the United States, serving as the nation's capital until 1800. During the Revolutionary War, the First and Second Continental Congress met at what today is Independence Hall at 4th and Chestnut streets.