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The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of what is now Pennsylvania. In 1681, Pennsylvania became an English colony when William Penn received a royal deed from King Charles II of England .
Sep 18, 2023 · Pennsylvania Colony was founded in 1681 when King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for the establishment of a new colony between Maryland and New York, in a region that was initially part of New Sweden and then New Netherland. The King named the colony Pennsylvania, in honor of Penn’s father, Admiral William Penn.
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Most migrants traveled to Pennsylvania during periods of European crises. The biggest migration years—1709, 1717, 1727, 1738, and 1749—related to external events. For instance, as historian Marianne Wokeck noted, the end of the War of Austrian Succession in 1749 correlated with a sharp increase in migration from the regions affected by the ...
The Welsh sought to create a “colony” in Pennsylvania in which they would be able to practice their faith, speak their language without the influence of the English government. The Settlement of Cambria County: At the tail end of the 18th century, another attempt at a Welsh settlement was made. This time in Western Pennsylvania.
The disruption of Pennsylvania’s Indian relations caused a deep political rift to open between Philadelphia’s Quaker community and colonists living along the Susquehanna Valley frontier. By the 1790s, Native Americans and Pennsylvania’s European peoples were permanently estranged from each other, and no Indian nations retained secure ...
The Gettysburg campaign was a military invasion of Pennsylvania by the main Confederate army under General Robert E. Lee in summer 1863. It was the first time during the war the Confederate Army attempted a full-scale invasion of a free state. The Union won a decisive victory at Gettysburg, July 1–3, with heavy casualties on both sides.
When General Cornwallis surrendered to Washington on October 19th, 1781, the fighting was over. The American victory in the Revolutionary War did not, however, end conflict in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvanians who refused or were unable to pay their state taxes had their lands and goods confiscated by the courts and sold to others.
