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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.
Nov 9, 2009 · Pennsylvania’s Early Colonial History. The first English charter to colonize land in the New World that is today known as Pennsylvania was set forth by King Charles II as a way to repay...
History of Pennsylvania. At the time of European settlement, the Native American population was small and widely scattered. The Delaware, or Lenni Lenape, occupied the Delaware valley; the Susquehannock were in the lower Susquehanna River valley; the Erie and various groups of the Iroquois Confederacy — Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida ...
Pennsylvania played a vital and historic role in the American Revolution and the ultimately successful quest for independence from the British Empire, hosting the First and Second Continental Congress leading to the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
A detailed history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from 1630 to 1700.
1 day ago · Pennsylvania, constituent state of the U.S., one of the original 13 American colonies. It is bounded to the north by Lake Erie and New York; to the east by New York and New Jersey; to the south by Delaware, Maryland, and West Virginia, and to the west by West Virginia and Ohio.
Penn was born in London on October 24, 1644, the son of Admiral Sir William Penn. Despite high social position and an excellent education, he shocked his upper-class associates by his conversion to the beliefs of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, then a persecuted sect.
