Pennsylvania

- Latitude: 39° 43' N to 42° N - Major Cities - Philadelphia, Lancaster, York - Major Rivers - Allegheny River, Susquehanna River, Delaware River, Ohio River - Major Lakes - Lake Erie - 283 miles long (east to west) - 160 miles wide (From its most distant points) - Pennsylvania covers 46,058 square miles of land (44,820 square miles of land area and 1,239 square miles of water area) - 33rd largest state of all 50 states || http://www.netstate.com/states/geography/pa_geography.htm || - No public systems - A few church-run and private schools - Majority of people didn't know how to read || http://www.angelfire.com/la3/johnson/page6.html || - Manufacturing - Textiles, Paper Making, Shipbuilding - Natural Resources - Coal, Milk, Mushrooms, Lumber, and Natural Gas ||  || - Founded in 1682 by William Penn, a Quaker - The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States were written in Philadelphia - Pennsylvania was the second state to accept the constitution ||  || - Were friends and allies with the people of pennsylvania ||  ||
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 * ||= Pennsylvania Colony || Resource Link ||
 * Geography || - Longitude: 74° 43' W to 80° 31' W
 * Daily Life and Social Class || - People worked as merchants and ship-builders ||  ||
 * Culture, Music, art, literature || - Settled by the Swedish, Dutch, Germans, and English in the Delaware region
 * Land use and resources || - Agriculture - Wheat, Corn, Cattle, Diary
 * Colonial Government ||  ||   ||
 * Key People and events || - Pennsylvania became a state on December 12, 1787
 * Role of Native Americans || - Sold some land to Pennsylvania