Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, English Colonies

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania,_English_Colonies

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:city
gptkbp:foundedBy	gptkb:William_Penn
gptkbp:foundedIn	1682
gptkbp:governedBy	gptkb:Pennsylvania_Provincial_Assembly
gptkbp:hasMajorPort	yes
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, English Colonies
gptkbp:knownFor	diverse population religious tolerance planned city layout
gptkbp:locatedIn	gptkb:Province_of_Pennsylvania gptkb:English_Colonies
gptkbp:mainRiver	gptkb:Delaware_River gptkb:Schuylkill_River
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Philadelphia_(Asia_Minor)
gptkbp:notableBuilding	gptkb:Christ_Church gptkb:Independence_Hall gptkb:Carpenters'_Hall gptkb:Pennsylvania_State_House
gptkbp:notableEvent	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
gptkbp:notableFor	gptkb:United_States_Constitution gptkb:constitutional_law
gptkbp:notableIndustry	manufacturing shipping printing
gptkbp:notableInstitution	gptkb:American_Philosophical_Society gptkb:Library_Company_of_Philadelphia gptkb:Pennsylvania_Hospital gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:notableResident	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin gptkb:Thomas_Paine gptkb:Betsy_Ross
gptkbp:populationIn1776	approximately 40,000
gptkbp:postalServiceFoundedBy	gptkb:Benjamin_Franklin
gptkbp:religiousGroups	gptkb:Jews gptkb:Quakers gptkb:Anglicans gptkb:Lutherans gptkb:Presbyterians gptkb:Catholics
gptkbp:servedAs	capital of the Province of Pennsylvania temporary capital of the United States
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Peter_Gunnarsson_Rambo
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8