Province of Pennsylvania

The Province of Pennsylvania was an English and later British proprietary colony in North America, established in 1681 and replaced by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1776.

William Penn: William Penn was an English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania under a royal land grant. His 1681 charter established the proprietary colony and gave him authority to govern it.
Frame of Government of Pennsylvania: The Frame of Government was William Penn’s foundational plan for Pennsylvania’s colonial government, first issued in 1682. It established the colony’s early legislature and executive arrangements.
Walking Purchase: The Walking Purchase was a 1737 land fraud by Pennsylvania’s proprietors against the Lenape people. It exposed the coercive consequences of colonial expansion despite earlier promises of fair dealing.
Philadelphia: Philadelphia is a city founded in 1682 by William Penn on the Delaware River. It served as the provincial capital and the colony’s leading port and city.
Charter of Pennsylvania: The 1681 royal charter granted William Penn proprietary rights over Pennsylvania. It defined the legal basis and boundaries of Penn’s colony.
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges: The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges was a 1701 charter securing legislative and religious rights in the colony. It became the colony’s enduring constitutional framework.
Pennsylvania's colonial boundary disputes: Pennsylvania’s colonial boundary disputes were conflicts over its borders with neighboring colonies and Indigenous lands. Contested boundaries shaped settlement, diplomacy, and the colony’s eventual borders.
Pennsylvania Hospital: Pennsylvania Hospital, founded in Philadelphia in 1751, was the first hospital in the future United States. Its founding illustrates the civic institutions developed in the colonial capital.
Quakers: Quakers are members of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement begun in seventeenth-century England. Penn’s Quaker convictions shaped the colony’s founding aims and policies.
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly: The Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly was the colony’s elected lower legislative chamber. It gained influence by controlling taxation and pressing the proprietors over colonial policy.

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