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