Colony of Pennsylvania

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British colony North American colony Thirteen Colonies

The Colony of Pennsylvania was a British North American province founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers, known for its religious tolerance, representative government, and prosperous port city of Philadelphia.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pennsylvania Colony	16
Colony of Pennsylvania canonical	4
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Colony	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British colony ⓘ North American colony ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
borderedBy	New York Colony ⓘ surface form: Colony of New York Delaware Colony ⓘ Province of Maryland ⓘ Province of New Jersey ⓘ
capital	Philadelphia ⓘ
charterGrantedBy	Charles II of England ⓘ
colonialStatusEndedWith	American Revolutionary War ⓘ surface form: American Revolution
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
currency	Pennsylvania pound ⓘ
dateDissolved	1776 ⓘ
demonym	Carboniferous period ⓘ surface form: Pennsylvanian
economy	agriculture ⓘ shipping ⓘ trade ⓘ
establishedAsHavenFor	Religious Society of Friends ⓘ surface form: Quakers
founder	William Penn ⓘ
foundingPurpose	haven for Quakers ⓘ
governmentType	proprietary colony ⓘ representative government ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
historicalEra	American Revolutionary War ⓘ Colonial America ⓘ
inception	1681 ⓘ
joinedUnionAsState	Pennsylvania ⓘ
knownFor	ethnic diversity ⓘ prosperous port city of Philadelphia ⓘ religious freedom ⓘ
legalSystem	English common law ⓘ
legislature	Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly ⓘ
locatedIn	British America ⓘ North America ⓘ
majorCity	Philadelphia ⓘ
monarchDuringCharter	Charles II of England ⓘ
namedAfter	William Penn ⓘ
notableDocument	Charter of Privileges (1701) ⓘ surface form: Charter of Privileges Frame of Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
religion	Protestantism ⓘ Religious Society of Friends ⓘ
religiousPolicy	religious tolerance ⓘ
significantPort	Philadelphia ⓘ
successor	Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania