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Pennsylvania's most populous city is Philadelphia. Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 through a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Before that, between 1638 and 1655, a southeast portion of the state was part of New Sweden, a Swedish colony.
Islam in Pennsylvania (2 C, 5 P) O. Religious organizations based in Pennsylvania (6 C, 1 P) P. ... Religious buildings and structures in Pennsylvania (11 C, 2 P) R.
Jewish traders were operating in southeastern Pennsylvania long before William Penn. Furthermore, Jews in Philadelphia took a prominent part in the War of Independence. Although the majority of the early Jewish residents were of Portuguese or Spanish descent, some among them had emigrated from Germany and Poland. About the beginning of the 19th ...
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.
Pages in category "Islam in Pennsylvania" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now ...
Murrysville, Pennsylvania: Revelation 3:1 PA Centre County: Zion: Zion: 2 Samuel 5:7 PE Prince County: Hebron: Hebron: Genesis 13:18 QC Montérégie: Béthanie: Bethany: Matthew 21:7 RI Washington County: Galilee: Galilee: Joshua 20:7 RI Washington County: Jerusalem: Jerusalem: Joshua 10:1 SK Rural Municipality of Orkney No. 244: Ebenezer: Eben ...
A 2011 study, The American Mosque 2011, sponsored by the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, as well as the nation's largest Islamic civic and religious groups, including the Islamic Society of North America and the Council on American-Islamic Relations, found that the U.S ...