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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_British_America
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
gptkb:city
gptkbp:currency
gptkb:Pennsylvania_pound
gptkbp:founded
1682
gptkbp:founder
gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:governedBy
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Provincial_Assembly
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, British America
gptkbp:knownFor
major port city
center of colonial government
cultural and economic hub in colonial America
gptkbp:locatedIn
gptkb:Province_of_Pennsylvania
gptkb:British_America
gptkbp:notableBuilding
gptkb:Independence_Hall
gptkb:Carpenters'_Hall
gptkbp:notableEvent
gptkb:British_occupation_(1777–1778)
gptkb:Evacuation_of_Philadelphia_(1778)
gptkb:Yellow_Fever_Epidemic_of_1793
gptkb:First_Continental_Congress
gptkb:Second_Continental_Congress
gptkb:Constitutional_Convention_of_1787
signing of the Declaration of Independence
Battle of Germantown (nearby, 1777)
First Bank of the United States established
Second Bank of the United States established
home of the Liberty Bell
site of the first American flag
gptkbp:notableIndustry
banking
manufacturing
publishing
shipping
gptkbp:notableInstitution
gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society
gptkb:Library_Company_of_Philadelphia
gptkb:Pennsylvania_Hospital
gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notablePerson
gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkb:George_Washington
gptkb:John_Adams
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Betsy_Ross
gptkbp:population1790
28,522
gptkbp:postalCode
N/A (pre-dates postal codes)
gptkbp:river
gptkb:Delaware_River
gptkb:Schuylkill_River
gptkbp:servedAs
capital of the Province of Pennsylvania
temporary capital of the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Sarah_Franklin_Bache
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4