Pennsylvania
America Starts Here
King Charles II of England specified in the charter given to William Penn that the name should be Pennsylvania. This is a combination of the Latin word 'Sylvania'.
William Penn
Persuading Aspects
10 facts
The Pennsylvania Colony included immigrants from England, German, Scotch-Irish, and African Americans.
The Pennsylvania Colony's landscape included mountains, coastal plains, and plateaus and land suitable for farming.
Natural resources in the Pennsylvania Colony included iron ore, coal, furs, forest, and farmland.
The Declaration of Independence was signed in Philadelphia's Independence Hall.
Pennsylvania is famous for many places and things including Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, Gettysburg, and Valley Forge.
Slavery was legal in the Pennsylvania Colony. Free African-Americans were also controlled by law and treated differently than whites.
The land that became the Pennsylvania Colony had been in dispute for many years by the English, Dutch, and the Swedes.
The Pennsylvania Colony grew hem, flax, rye, which were important for industry.
The Pennsylvania Colony's major cities included York, Lancaster, and Philadelphia.
The Pennsylvania Colony included immigrants from England, German, Scotch-Irish, and African Americans.