Pennsylvania Colony: One Of The Original 13 Colonies

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Pennsylvania History Juan Guevara Period 7 9-18-15 Pennsylvania Colony was one of the original 13 colonies located on the Atlantic coast of North America. It’s an English colony. It was classified as one of the Middle Colonies. It was found by William Penn in 1682 in Philadelphia. On 1775 it was a government of prosperity. It used to be called province of Pennsylvania. It was called the breadbasket because it grew a lot of crops. Pennsylvania is a combination of Williams lastname and the latin word "Sylvania" which means woodland. It became the second state after Delaware. It became a state in December
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