Pennsylvania 1750 biography
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Province of Pennsylvania
British colony in North America (–)
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
The Province of Pennsylvania was one of the two major Restoration colonies. The proprietary colony's charter remained in the Penn family until they were later ousted following the American Revolution and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania was established as one of the original thirteen states. The lower counties on Delaware, a separate colony within the Pennsylvania Province, broke away during the American Revolution and was established as the Delaware State and also became one of the original thirteen states.
The colony attracted English Quakers, Germans, and Scots-Irish frontiersmen. The Lenape Indian tribe promoted peace with the Quakers. However, after William Penn and Tamanend, who both supported peaceful coexistence, died, wars eventually broke out. The Quakers demonized Lenape mythology even though the Quakers were strong proponents of religious freedom.[1]
Philadelphia, the capita
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Pennsylvania
By Rudolph J. Walther, revised by
Before European settlement, Pennsylvania was inhabited by many native tribes, including the Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois (especially Seneca and Oneida), Leni Lenape, Munsee, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and unknown others.
In the period of European exploration, there was a flurry of activity in North America. The English (, John Cabot), the French (, Verrazano), the Spanish (, Columbus in the West Indies, and other Spanish explorers reaching North America perhaps by ), and the Dutch (, Henry Hudson, an Englishman in the service of the Dutch East India Company, on his ship the Half Moon) all claimed lands.
In , English Captain John Smith visited the Susquehannock Indians in Pennsylvania. In , Henry Hudson sailed into Delaware Bay, thus giving the Dutch their claim to the area. In Virginian Captain Samuel Argall visited Delaware Bay (he named it for Lord de la Warr, governor of Virginia). Dutch navigator Cornelis Jacobszoon May was provided a patent to explore the Delaware region more thoroughly and Dutch trading posts were established up and down the Delaware Bay starting in
The New Sweden Company was chartered and, in , established The Colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina, in what is today Wilmington, Delaware. In
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Colonial Era
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