Why was it called Pennsylvania?

Answer 1

a Quaker named William Penn came to America to have his own religion. he got the land because the king had owned William's dead fathers money, so instead of giving William his fathers money he gave him the land in America.

since Williams thought that the land was going to filled with forests, William decided to name the state "Sylvania" which means forests in Latin. but the king said that his last name should be in the states name so to this day the state is called "Pennsylvania"

Answer 2

The name Pittsburgh was bestowed in honor of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. Though he never came to the US, Pittsburgh was named for Sir William but he did warn of the war for independence before it happened and when the Revolutionary War broke out he said that America could not be conquered. There are a lot of things and places named for William Pitt but Pittsburgh is unusual because most burgs have no H in them. Pittsburgh had the H firmly established as part of the spelling in 1911 after a campaign by her citizens.

Answer 3

King Charles II named it after the founders father Admiral Sir William Penn and combined it with the Latin Sylvan for woods and thus Penn's Woods or Pennsylvania.

Answer 4

It was not named after a King but was named by King Charles the second to honor Admiral Sir William Penn the father of the colony's founder William Penn.

Answer 5

It was named after William Penn. Pensylvania meant" Penn's Woods"

Answer 6

William Penn founded Pennsylvania and named it that in honor of his late dad.

Answer 7

It was named after the Penns

Answer 8

William pitt