How did Pennsylvania get its name?

Answer 1

The city, town in Palestine during the time of Jesus

Answer 2

Answer #1

Penn is for Admiral Sir William Penn. Pennsylvania means Penn's Wood. The original land grant for the territory went to William Penn.

William Penn was a man who stood for true religious freedom, and during his time only one colony practiced this, and lead a group of Quakers and treated the Native American equal. The Quakers are a Christian denomination similar to The Amish and Mennonite and that strongly stand for peace and separation of church and state. William was working towards making his colony a model for the world to have peace, religious liberty, and justice. He was given the land that he founded as his colony and later became the state of Pennsylvania directly by King George of England because he owed his deceased father.

William Penn lived in England, but he wasn't happy there. His dad had passed away, and king Charles II owed his father, (and now him) a lot of money. He had no money. He offered him this land instead. He wanted to name it Sylvania, for Woodland, but the king said Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania was named after the statesman William Penn

Pennsylvania got its name because William Penn was the founder of the state. Pennsylvania means "Penn's Woods."

It was named by King Charles II in honor of Admiral Sir Thomas Penn the father of the Colony's founder.

Penn's woods. Penn-William Penn, Sylvania, Sylvain-french wood meaning wooded area or forest. Pennsylvania, Penn's woods.
King Charles II named Pennsylvania after Admiral Sir William Penn who was the father of William Penn the founder and absolute proprietor of the Colony of Pennsylvania.

Answer 3

It was named after the founder William Penn and sylvania, which means forest, so basically "Penn's Forest".

Answer 4

It was named by William Penn, from the Greek for "City of Brotherly Love".

Answer 5

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

Answer 6

The name of the European to bring in settlers was William Penn. The area was covered with forests. The Latin word for forest is Sylvania. The area became Pennsylvania or Penn's Forest.

Answer 7

colonial Pennsylvania got its name after William Penn's father, William Penn

Answer 8

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