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The Colony of Pennsylvania

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    The colony of Pennsylvania

  • Sailed Delaware

    Sailed Delaware
    Dutch captain Cornelius Hendrickson was the first person to sail Delaware river. The colony of Pennsylavania history also has to do with the colonies around it.
  • Settlements Failed

    Settlements Failed
    The Dutch intension was to build settlements at lower Deleware river but unfortunately it was not acomplished.
  • Acomplished Settlements

    Acomplished Settlements
    The Swedish acomplished to built settlements by Wilmington Delaware.
  • Settlements

    Settlements
    The swedish built more settlements upland at Tinicum Island.
  • Quaker Religion

    Quaker Religion
    The Quaker religion was establish in England by George Fox.
  • New Sweden Conquered

    New Sweden Conquered
    New Sweden was conquered by the dutch. There was no war or fight.
  • Quaker Persecution

    Quaker Persecution
    People begin to be persecuted if they do not follow the Quaker religion.
  • New Amsterdam

    New Amsterdam
    New Amsterdam ceded by Dutch to English
  • Willam Penn

    Willam Penn
    William Penn becomes a Quaker in England.
  • Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania
    William Penn became owner of The Colony of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia was established.
  • New Castle

    New Castle
    William Penn arrives at New Castle, and became treaty with the Native Americans.
  • William Penn in Prison

    William Penn in Prison
    William Penn returns to England and gets sent to jail for refusing to be a Quaker.
  • Grammer School

    Grammer School
    A public grammer school was establshed in Philadephia.
  • William Penn Returns

    William Penn Returns
    William Penn is free and he returns to Pennsylvania.
  • William Penn Dies

    William Penn Dies
    William Penn died, but his daughter Hannah Penn becomes new owner of Pennsylvania.
  • Newspaper

    Newspaper
    The first newspaper was published in Philadelphia.
  • Border With Maryland

    Border With Maryland
    A border was created between Pennsylvania and Maryland.
  • Fraud Againts Indians

    Fraud Againts Indians
    A fraud was created against the indians to take their land.
  • Ben Franklin

    Ben Franklin
    Ben Fraklin attend Albany congress about Indian Relations.
  • Independence

    Independence
    Pennsylvania as well as many other places like New York became independent on July 4th 1776.
  • The Union

    The Union
    Pennsylvania was admited to a Union. It was also the second state to be admitted to the Union.