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The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. "The Welch Tract" appears to the left of center. In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language.
The Pennsylvania State University was founded in 1855, and in 1863 the school became Pennsylvania's land-grant university under the terms of the Morrill Land-Grant Acts. Temple University in Philadelphia was founded in 1884 by Russell Conwell , originally as a night school for working-class citizens.
William Penn, a Quaker and son of a prominent admiral, founded the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. In the 17th century, the Dutch and the English each claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their colonial lands in America. [20] [21] [22] The Dutch were the first to take possession. [22]
1870 – Leicester School of Art founded (ancestor of the Leicester Polytechnic College and today's De Montfort University). 1871 Population: 95,084. [119] The statue of Robert Hall, notable Leicestrian Baptist Minister, was unveiled in De Montfort Square, New Walk. [136] The Free Library opened in Wellington Street. [126] [137] 1872
1635 - nSaybrook Colony founded. 1636 – Connecticut Colony founded. 1636 - Roger Williams founds the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. 1636 - Harvard University founded, oldest English university in America. 1637 – The Pequot War results in the killing of many of the Pequot people. * * 1637 - New Haven Colony is founded.
An English fleet captured the New Netherland colony in 1664, though the situation did not change substantially until 1682, when the area was included in William Penn's charter for Pennsylvania. [46] In 1681, in partial repayment of a debt, Charles II of England granted Penn a charter for what would become the Pennsylvania colony.
William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. The Frame of Government of Pennsylvania was a proto-constitution for the Province of Pennsylvania, a proprietary colony granted to William Penn by Charles II of England.