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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.
The Pennsylvania colony no longer exists. Pennsylvania is now a state in America
Pennsylvania colony
Pennsylvania was settled as a colony for Quakers.
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Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is a colony....
after the name of the founder of the colony, William penn.
Pennsylvania was a proprietary colony.
Pennsylvania is a colony....
The colony of Delaware split off from Pennsylvania. Geographically, it had been shut off from the rest of the colony. Because of this, future-Delaware's inhabitants had very little say in Pennsylvania's representative government. They decided that it would be best that they simply establish their own government, so they became Delaware.
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".
William Penn founded Pennsylvania.
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.
The colony was in Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia was established by Penn ( hence the name of PENNsylvania).
The colony of Pennsylvania was originally founded in 1682.