Pennsylvania

Founding of Pennsylvania

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    Foundinf of Pennsylvania

  • Henrery Hudson

    Holland hired Henery Hudson to explore.

  • Cornelis Jacobszoon

    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 1620.

  • New Sweden

    The New Sweden Company was chartered and, in 1638, established The Colony of New Sweden at Fort Christina

  • Duke of York

    British Duke of York seized control of it and all of New Amsterdam in 1664.

  • William Penn Jr.

    In 1681, as payment for the debt, the king granted what is today Pennsylvania to

  • William Penn Jr.

    William Penn set sail from England in August, 1682.

  • Charter of Privileges

    Penn returned to Pennsylvania and established the landmark Charter of Privileges, which was approved in 1701.