What is the name of the region of Pennsylvania when it was a colony?

NEW ANSWER: The Ottawa Indian's lived in the region known as the Pennsylvania Colony. cheroke

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The colony of Delaware was founded in 1638. The colony of Delaware was originally a region in the Pennsylvania province.

The Pennsylvania colony was founding by William Penn in 1682. The name Pennsylvania was given by King Charles II. On December 12,1787 the colony became a state.

William Penn. Hence the name Pennsylvania .

Pennsylvania was founded as a safe colony for Quakers.

The Pennsylvania colony, otherwise known as the province of Pennsylvania, was founded in English North America by William Penn in 1681. The name Pennsylvania is roughly translated as "Penn's woods".

Pennsylvania state was also called Pennsylvania as a colony. It was named for Admiral William Penn, its founder's father. "silva" means "forest" in Latin, so the whole name means "Penn's Forest."

after the name of the founder of the colony, William penn.

Pennsylvania,Delaware,New York and New Jersey were located in the middle region of the United States.

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There are a couple colonies that were located in the middle region of the US. Some of them include: Pennsylvania, Delaware, New York, and New Jersey.

Pennsylvania is a colony....

Pennsylvania was founded in 1682 by a man who goes by the name of William Penn. The colony gets its name by this man. Thus the name being Pennsylvania.

No one bought the island of Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania is not an island. It was a largely wooded region and the name means "Penn's Woods." William Penn bought the region called Pennsylvania from the King of England.

The colony was in Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia was established by Penn ( hence the name of PENNsylvania).

Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony.

William Penn founded Pennsylvania. "Penn" was after his name; "sylvania" meant woods, or forest. Pennsylvania was known as "Penn's Woods".

he was the proprieter of a colony in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania was named after him- Penn was his last name, and 'sylvania' means woods

the Pennsylvania colony was founded in 1681

Pennsylvania was its own colony, one of the original 13.

The colony of Pennsylvania was originally founded in 1682.

The state in the northeast region that is nicknamed the Keystone State is Pennsylvania. It received the nickname because the state was the middle colony out of the original thirteen colonies.

The Pennsylvania colony no longer exists. Pennsylvania is now a state in America

the pennsylvania colony started by them shooting a deer

Delaware was the colony that broke away from Pennsylvania

The people who built the colony of Pennsylvania WERE Europeans.

Yes, Pennsylvania was a self-governed colony.

The religios practice for the colony of Pennsylvania is "Quaker".

The Quakers settled in the colony in Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania was it's own colony. One of the original 13.

Quaker William Penn founded Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania literally means Penns' woods and it applies to PA in that William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania which, like all colonies back then was filled with trees.

The settlement of Pennsylvania was the Pennsylvania colony that was founded by William Penn. William Penn founded the colony in 1680.

Pennsylvania colony was founded in the year of 1681 by William Penn.

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the colony is in pennsylvania

The colony was founded by William Penn, and it was heavily forested. "Sylvan" refers to woods, so "Pennsylvania" means "Penn's woods".

The colony was founded by William Penn. The word sylvan refers to woods and forests, so Pennsylvania means "Penn's woods"

In 1681, the land charter for the region was granted by Charles II to William Penn in order to repay a debt of 16,000 Pounds owed to William Penn's father, Admiral William Penn. As such, Pennsylvania was named after William Penn. The name was a combination of "Penn's (plural possessive) Woods" or Penn's Forest. Pennsylvania was full of thick, lush forests full of game.

Massachusetts is a state in New England region of USA. It is often referred to as the 'Old Colony'. This name refers to the Plymouth Colony which comprised of most of the southeastern portion of the modern day Massachusetts and was established in 1620. It was the oldest colony in New England region.

The colony of Pennsylvania was established as a religious sanctuary for the Quakers.

Pennsylvania was never made a royal colony. but it was a freedom religion

Yes. The Pennsylvania Colony primarily traded with England.

The Pennsylvania Colony was located to the south and west of the New York Colony, just the way the states of New York and Pennsylvania are situated today. The major cities in the Pennsylvania Colony were Philadelphia, York, and Lancaster.

It was a proprietary colony.

It was a Quaker colony.

Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania is the 3rd colony

it was a middle colony