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first permanent settlement
Swedes established first permanent settlement in Pennsylvania on Tinicum Island -
British captured dutch colonies
British captured Dutch colonies in name of Duke of York -
William Penn gets the land
King Charles II owed William Penn £16,000, money which Admiral Penn had lent him. Seeking a haven in the New World for persecuted Friends, Penn asked the King to grant him land in the territory -
William Markham deputy gov.
Penn made his cousin William Markham deputy governor of the province -
Penn signed peace treaty
signed friendship treaty with Lenni Lenape Indians; Mennonite families arrived from Germany, settled Germantown -
first antislavery resolution in america
Germantown Quakers adopted first antislavery resolution in America -
first u.s library
A library is founded in Philadelphia first us library -
meating of first continental congress
The first Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia -
declaration of independenced signed
The Declaration of Independence is signed in Philadelphia -
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British troops occupied Philadelphia
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abolished slavery
first state to abolish slavery (for newborns only) -
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capital of the U.S
Philadelphia capital of U. S -
first U.S bank is built
The First United States Bank is built -
liberty bell cracked
Liberty Bell cracked while being tolled for Chief Justice John Marshall -
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civil war
the civil war is when the north and south were fighting. -
Gettsburg Address
President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania. -
first department store
In Philadelphia the first department store, The Grand Depot, opened. John Wanamaker turned an abandoned railway depot into one of the world’s 1st department stores -
first store to install electric lights
The 1st US store to install electric lights was in Philadelphia -
flood in Johnstown
Johnstown, Pennsylvania was destroyed by a massive flood -
miners call strike
Over 100,000 miners called strike, closed mines all summer, President Roosevelt intervened, forced mine owners to submit to arbitration -
race riots
Race riots in Philadelphia -
John Neumann
Jun 19, Pope Paul VI proclaimed a 19th-century Philadelphia bishop, John Neumann, the first male US saint. -
plum pox
Oct, The plum pox virus made its first appearance in North America in Pennsylvania orchards. -
tropical storm
June 12 tropical storm Allyson hit -
trian derailment
May 12, In Pennsylvania an Amtrak derailment late today killed 8 people. Brandon Bostian (32) was at the helm of the train when it derailed while traveling at 106 miles per hour, more than double the limit
