Province of Pennsylvania

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British North American colony proprietary colony

The Province of Pennsylvania was a major British North American colony founded by William Penn that became a center of religious tolerance, commerce, and political innovation prior to the American Revolution.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Province of Pennsylvania canonical	78
Province of Pennsylvania (historical)	1
Provincial authorities of Pennsylvania	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British North American colony ⓘ proprietary colony ⓘ
borderedBy	Delaware Colony ⓘ Province of Maryland ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ Province of New York ⓘ Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ surface form: Province of Virginia
capital	Philadelphia ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Charles II of England ⓘ
charterType	proprietary charter ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	Pennsylvania pound ⓘ
demographics	Scots-Irish settlers ⓘ significant German immigrant population ⓘ significant Quaker population ⓘ
dissolved	1776 ⓘ
economy	agriculture ⓘ manufacturing ⓘ trade ⓘ
established	1681 ⓘ
executiveHead	governor ⓘ proprietor ⓘ
flagUsed	Union Flag ⓘ surface form: Union Flag of Great Britain
founder	William Penn ⓘ
foundingPurpose	experiment in religious liberty ⓘ refuge for persecuted Quakers ⓘ
governmentType	proprietary colony government ⓘ representative assembly ⓘ
knownFor	Quaker influence ⓘ commercial prosperity ⓘ political innovation ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law with local modifications ⓘ
legislativeBody	Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: U.S. state of Pennsylvania parts of U.S. state of Delaware ⓘ
majorCity	Philadelphia ⓘ
majorPort	Port of Philadelphia ⓘ
militaryConflict	American Revolutionary War ⓘ French and Indian War (as part of British America) ⓘ surface form: French and Indian War
namedAfter	William Penn ⓘ
notableEvent	Declaration of Independence adopted in Philadelphia in 1776 ⓘ First Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: First Continental Congress met in Philadelphia in 1774 Second Continental Congress ⓘ surface form: Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia starting 1775
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
religion	religious tolerance for multiple Christian denominations ⓘ
replacedBy	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
subdivision	counties of Pennsylvania colony ⓘ

Referenced by (80)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

British colonial authorities → exercisedPowerIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Colonial America → hasPart → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress → adoptedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania → foundedBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Province of New York → borderedBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Province of Delaware → borderedBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Province of Delaware → sharesGovernorWith → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Declaration of Rights and Grievances (1774) → createdIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Mason–Dixon Line → surveyedFor → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Joseph Galloway → countryOfCitizenship → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

British occupation of Philadelphia → historicalRegion → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

United Colonies → hasPart → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Delaware Colony → partOf → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Delaware Colony → sharedGovernorWith → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Delaware Colony → borderedBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Union Fire Company → locatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania → promulgatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Hannah Callowhill Penn → residence → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Hannah Callowhill Penn → governed → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Chester, Pennsylvania, United States → originallyPartOf → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

subject surface form: Chester, Pennsylvania

Townshend Acts era → countryInvolved → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Betsy Ross → placeOfBirth → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Easttown Township, Province of Pennsylvania → locatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Philadelphia Academy → locatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Benjamin West → birthPlace → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Quaker State → refersToOriginalColony → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Robert Fulton → placeOfBirth → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Isaac Wayne → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Lower Counties on the Delaware → partOf → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Lower Counties on the Delaware → borderWith → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Thomas Holme → employer → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Thomas Holme → workLocation → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania militia → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence → locatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Philadelphia Committee of Correspondence → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly → residence → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Speaker of the Pennsylvania Assembly → jurisdiction → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly → appliesToJurisdiction → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly → legislativeBodyFor → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Crown Colony of New Jersey → borderedBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Andrew Hamilton → emigratedTo → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Andrew Hamilton → associatedWith → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Fort Mifflin → builtBy → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

New London Academy → locatedIn → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania pound → country → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Pennsylvania pound → currencyOf → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Tamanend → associatedWith → Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ