1. PENNSYLVANIA

2. PENNSYLVANIA
Founded: 1680
Founder: William Penn

3. Reason: Religious freedom for Quakers
PENNSYLVANIA
Reason: Religious freedom for Quakers

4. Capital: Philadelphia
PENNSYLVANIA
Capital: Philadelphia

5. Name: For William Penn Sr. Sylvania = Latin for “Woods” = Penn’s Woods
PENNSYLVANIA
Name: For William Penn Sr.
Sylvania = Latin for “Woods” = Penn’s Woods
You named your peace-loving hippie colony after ME? Thanks for nothing, son.

6. Agriculture: Large farms
PENNSYLVANIA
Agriculture: Large farms
“The breadbasket colony”

7. PENNSYLVANIA
Economy: Mostly agricultural but also shipping, rifles, small-scale manufacturing

8. Other Stuff: Philadelphia is the largest city in the colonies
PENNSYLVANIA
Other Stuff: Philadelphia is the largest city in the colonies
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Large German population