Province of Pennsylvania
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The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British colony situated on the Mid-Atlantic seaboard of North America. The colony was founded for religious thinker William P
Print by Thomas Campanius Holm depicting Lenni Lenape ("Original People"). Published in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1702.
The Birth of Pennsylvania 1680 by Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Benjamin West's 1771 portrait of William Penn's 1682 treaty with the Lenape
William Penn, entitled The True and absolute Proprietor of Pennsylvania
Thirteen Colonies
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The Thirteen Colonies were the British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America which broke away from the British Crown in the American Revolutionary War, and joined to form the United States o
Province of Pennsylvania
…of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country hinterlands. Philadelphia was not only the first capital of the Province, but also the colonial era capital of the Thirteen Colonies. It emerged as a major port, commercial city, and "the best poor man's country," as one local put it. With over 20,000 inhabitants, its population had…
The Thirteen Colonies of British America: (dark red): New England Colonies (red-brown): Middle Colonies (brown): Southern Colonies
Fort George and New York, c. 1731
Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin was recycled to encourage the former colonies to unite against British rule.
Minutemen during the Battles of Lexington and Concord, April 1775