Pennsylvania By D203299 1615 Frenchman Etienne Brule paddles down the Susquehanna River into Pennsylvania 1643 Swedish settlers begin settling Pennsylvania 1681 Charles II grants Pennsylvania to William Penn 1682 Penn issues the First Frame of Government and arrives in his colony 1718 William Penn dies Period: 1754 to 1763 The French and Indian War unsettles the Pennsylvania Colony 1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state by ratifying it on December 12 Feb 14, 1803 An apple parer was patented by Moses Coats in Downington Penn