Colony of Pennsylvania

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Colony_of_Pennsylvania

GPTKB entity

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	5