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*HARRISBURG*
*the ‘state capital’*
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(northeastern US state)
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delaware
(southeast)
maryland
(south)
west virginia
(southwest)
ohio
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lake erie + ontario (canadian province)
(northeast)
new york
(north)
new jersey
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/ˌpɛnsᵻlˈveɪnjə/
(Pennsylvania German: Pennsilfaani)
officially the “commonwealth of pennsylvania
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(‘pennsylvania’ is a state located in the ‘northern’ and ‘mid-atlantic’ regions of the united states)
(the “Appalachian Mountains” run through its middle)
(“Pennsylvania” is the 33rd largest, the 6th most populous, and the 9th most densely populated of the 50 United States)
(the state’s five most populous cities are “Philadelphia” (1,560,297), “Pittsburgh” (305,801), “Allentown” (118,577), “Erie” (100,671), and “Reading” (89,893))
(the state capital is “Harrisburg”)
(‘pennsylvania’ has 51 miles (82 km) of coastline along “Lake Erie” and 57 miles (92 km) of shoreline along the “Delaware Estuary”)
(the state is one of the 13 original founding states of the ‘United States’; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to ‘William Penn’, the son of the state’s namesake)
(part of ‘Pennsylvania’ (along the ‘Delaware River’), together with the present ‘State of Delaware’, had earlier been organized as the “Colony of New Sweden”)
(it was the second state to ratify the “United States Constitution”, on 12 december 1787)
(“Independence Hall”, where the United States ‘Declaration of Independence’ and ‘United States Constitution’ were drafted, is located in the state’s largest city of ‘Philadelphia’)
(during the ‘american civil war’, the “battle of gettysburg”, was fought in the south central region of the state)
(‘valley forge’ near ‘philadelphia’ was general washington’s headquarters during the bitter winter of 1777–78)
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(northeastern US state)
(borders:)
delaware
(southeast)
maryland
(south)
west virginia
(southwest)
ohio
(west)
lake erie + ontario
(northeast)
new york
(north)
new jersey
(east)
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👈👈👈☜*“COLONIAL AMERICA”* ☞ 👉👉👉
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*🌈✨ *TABLE OF CONTENTS* ✨🌷*
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🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥*we won the war* 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥