Pennsylvania Colony

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Pennsylvania_Colony
GPTKB entity
Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf British colony
gptkbp:abolishedSlavery gradually after 1780
gptkbp:area approximately 46,000 square miles
gptkbp:becameState gptkb:Pennsylvania
gptkbp:becameStateYear 1787
gptkbp:borderedBy gptkb:Delaware_Colony
gptkb:New_York_Colony
gptkb:Maryland_Colony
gptkb:New_Jersey_Colony
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:charteredBy gptkb:King_Charles_II
gptkbp:currency gptkb:Pennsylvania_pound
gptkbp:economy agriculture
trade
gptkbp:flag gptkb:Flag_of_Pennsylvania_Colony
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:foundedYear 1681
gptkbp:governmentType Proprietary colony
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Pennsylvania Colony
gptkbp:knownFor diverse population
religious freedom
peaceful relations with Native Americans
gptkbp:legislature gptkb:province
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:majorCity gptkb:Philadelphia
gptkbp:motto Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Thirteen_Colonies
gptkbp:populationIn1775 about 327,000
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Quaker
gptkbp:religiousTolerance yes
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thirteen_American_Colonies
gptkb:Colonial_America
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5