The Pennsylvania Colony

The Pennsylvania colony was one of the origanal state colonys. It was founded by William Penn in 1681. It later became a state in 1781.

^William Penn

Fun Facts

• The state bird is a ruffed grouse
• The colony never had an army
• The stateflower is the mountain laurel
• Slavery was legal
• The state is sometimes called "The Keystone State
• Most of the people who lived there were Quakers
• The state motto is "Virtue, Librity, and Independence"

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