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The earliest European settlers in what became Pennsylvania were part of the [[New Sweden]] and [[New Netherland]] colonies. | The earliest European settlers in what became Pennsylvania were part of the [[New Sweden]] and [[New Netherland]] colonies. | ||
Pennsylvania began as a British colony in 1681 when King Charles | Pennsylvania began as a British colony in 1681 when King Charles II appointed [http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/penn/pnintro.html William Penn (1644-1718) proprieter]. Pennsylvania was the second state admitted to the Union in 1787. Colony, and later state boundary lines, were in dispute for many years, and often lead to bloodshed (i.e. [http://books.google.com/books?id=PP47AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA237&lpg=PA237&dq=cresap's+war&source=bl&ots=laZyvS5j_o&sig=Qht-R_57uExXDzBTy94dHxK3Fp4&hl=en&ei=H_LhS-TIGpDMNcWcpcME&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CCsQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=cresap's%20war&f=false Cresap's War]). The [http://www.udel.edu/johnmack/mason_dixon/ Mason-Dixon Line] was the result of one of these disputes. Philadelphia served as the capitol of the United States from 1790 to 1800. | ||
== Brief History == | == Brief History == | ||
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