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Colony of Pennsylvania
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Pennsylvania
GPTKB entity
Statements (38)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
British colony
gptkbp:abolished
1776
gptkbp:area
about 46,000 square miles
gptkbp:awardedBy
gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkbp:borderedBy
gptkb:Delaware_Colony
gptkb:Province_of_Maryland
gptkb:Province_of_New_Jersey
gptkb:Province_of_Virginia
gptkb:Colony_of_New_York
gptkbp:capital
gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:Pennsylvania_pound
gptkbp:flag
Flag of Pennsylvania (colonial).svg
gptkbp:foundedBy
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:foundedIn
1681
gptkbp:governmentType
Proprietary colony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Colony of Pennsylvania
gptkbp:language
gptkb:German
Dutch
English
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:motto
Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
gptkbp:namedAfter
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:Frame_of_Government_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:Walking_Purchase
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:Hannah_Callowhill_Penn
gptkb:Thomas_Penn
gptkbp:partOf
gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:population
about 327,000 (1775)
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:New_Netherland
gptkbp:religion
gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkb:Catholicism
gptkb:Lutheranism
gptkb:Quakerism
Religious tolerance
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:Commonwealth_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
gptkbp:bfsLayer
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