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A Background to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Engraving of a treaty meeting between colonists and Native Americans

How Pennsylvania came to be: the birth of the commonwealth, the years from 1630 to 1700, and the revolution within the revolution.

3 pages · Charter to Commonwealth

1681

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1681 · The charter

Birth of the Commonwealth

June 18-25, 1776 at Carpenters' Hall, Philadelphia Love of Virtue, and Zeal for Liberty Jump to page: 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20…

Pennsylvania 1630-1700

By Rudolph J. Walther, revised by ushistory.org Before European settlement, Pennsylvania was inhabited by many native tribes, including the Erie, Honn…

The Record

Pennsylvania Revolution

This piece was specially commissioned in 1989 from Dr. Roland M. Baumann, an acknowledged authority on early Pennsylvania political history. by Dr. Roland M. Baumann, Oberlin College [Footnotes are given at the…

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