Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania

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colonial American city former capital city

Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania was a major colonial American city and the capital of Pennsylvania, serving as an important political, economic, and cultural center in the 18th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania canonical	1
Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America	1

Statements (69)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial American city ⓘ former capital city ⓘ
capitalOf	Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedAs	Quaker colony town ⓘ planned city ⓘ
foundedBy	Quakers NERFINISHED ⓘ William Penn NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingPurpose	commercial center ⓘ religious tolerance ⓘ
governmentType	colonial municipal government ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	center of colonial print culture ⓘ commercially prosperous ⓘ ethnically diverse population ⓘ important node in Atlantic trade network ⓘ politically influential in colonial affairs ⓘ rapid population growth in 18th century ⓘ religiously pluralistic ⓘ
hasFunction	cultural center ⓘ economic center ⓘ intellectual center ⓘ meeting place of colonial assemblies ⓘ political center ⓘ port city ⓘ printing center ⓘ publishing center ⓘ trading hub ⓘ
inception	1682 ⓘ
knownFor	civic associations and benevolent societies ⓘ large port and harbor ⓘ mercantile trade ⓘ philosophical and scientific societies ⓘ printing and newspapers ⓘ public squares and open spaces ⓘ religious diversity ⓘ role in early American Enlightenment ⓘ shipbuilding ⓘ urban planning with grid layout ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
locatedIn	British America NERFINISHED ⓘ North America ⓘ Province of Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ Thirteen Colonies NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Philadelphia, Asia Minor NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedFor	Greek word for brotherly love ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ future United States urban core ⓘ
significantCommunity	Germans NERFINISHED ⓘ Quakers NERFINISHED ⓘ Scots-Irish ⓘ enslaved Africans ⓘ free Black residents ⓘ
significantEvent	American Revolutionary War political activity ⓘ First Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ Quaker political dominance in early 18th century ⓘ Second Continental Congress NERFINISHED ⓘ adoption of the Declaration of Independence ⓘ development of colonial banking and finance ⓘ diversification of population with German and Scots-Irish immigrants ⓘ early abolitionist organizing ⓘ growth as largest city in British North America by mid-18th century ⓘ growth of colonial printing industry ⓘ rise of artisan and craft guilds ⓘ yellow fever epidemics in the 18th century ⓘ
timePeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial era ⓘ
transitionedTo	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED ⓘ
underJurisdictionOf	British Crown NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania colonial assembly NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Elias Boudinot → birthPlace → Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Elizabeth Ross → placeOfBirth → Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ

this entity surface form: Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania, British America