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Portrait of Young William Penn in Armor, date and artist unknown. William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution.
Pennsylvania - Colonial, Revolution, Industry: 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—were in northern Pennsylvania.
In 1696, after a tumultous time back in England, having been arrested several times for disloyalty, Penn returned to Pennsylvania and established the landmark Charter of Privileges, which was approved in 1701. Penn returned to England in 1701 and died there in 1718. A detailed history of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, from 1630 to 1700.
Nov 21, 2023 · The Pennsylvania colony was founded officially on April 2, 1681. The royal charter was signed by King Charles II on March 4, 1681 to grant the land to William Penn, which Penn established as a ...
Created by Thomas Holme in 1863, A Portraiture of the City of Philadelphia was the first map that depicted the Pennsylvania city founded by William Penn and his fellow Quakers. Holme was a surveyor who worked with Penn to devise a system of grid-patterned streets. In spite of good intentions to foster religious harmony and toleration, the City ...
William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration for the United States Constitution. Ahead of his time, Penn also published a plan for a United States of Europe ...
By 1776, the Province of Pennsylvania had become the third largest English colony in America, though next to the last to be founded. Philadelphia had become the largest English-speaking city in the world next to London. There were originally only three counties: Philadelphia, Chester, and Bucks, but by 1773 there were eleven.
