Pennsylvania in the American Revolution

Washington Crossing the Delaware

Pennsylvania was the site of key events and places related to the American Revolution. The state, and especially the city of Philadelphia, played a critical role in the American Revolution. Robert Morris said, "You will consider Philadelphia, from its centrical situation, the extent of its commerce, the number of its artificers, manufactures and other circumstances, to be to the United States what the heart is to the human body in circulating the blood."[1]

Join, or Die by Benjamin Franklin, published in The Pennsylvania Gazette was the first political cartoon in America[2]

Military

Government

The March to Valley Forge (1883), Museum of the American Revolution

Key events

Washington's Headquarters at Valley Forge (Issac Potts House)

Key historical sites, museums, and institutions

The Liberty Bell and Independence Hall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site

Significant documents originating in Pennsylvania during the Revolution

See also

References

  1. Weigley, RF et al. (eds): (1982), Philadelphia: A 300-Year History, New York and London: W. W. Norton & Company, ISBN 0-393-01610-2. page 134.
  2. "Today in History: January 17". Library of Congress. 2006. Retrieved December 8. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

Further reading

External links

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