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-[[Image:Pennsylvania_State_Flag.gif|thumb|right|The state flag of Pennsylvania.]]
-'''Pennsylvania''' was one of the original thirteen colonies. It was founded by [[William Penn]],who wanted a place where Quakers and other denominations could worship freely without persecution (being a Quaker was illegal in England at the time. Pennsylvania is now a US state. Its capital is [[Harrisburg]] and it borders Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia. Its first Colonial Legislative Act, the Great Law of Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682, mandated:  "That no person ... who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty God
-to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World ... shall in any case be molested or prejudiced for his, or her Conscientious persuasion or practice."
-The [[Continental Congress]] met in Philadelphia, the largest city in Pennsylvania, and at the time, the largest city in any of the colonies.  The [[Declaration of Independence]] was signed there, the [[Liberty Bell]] is there, and the [[Continental Army]] spent the winter of 1777 at Valley Forge in Pennsylvania.  The [[American Constitution]] was written in [[Philadelphia]], and the United States Capitol was once there. Pennsylvania was the 2nd State to join [[United States of America|the Union]] on December 12, 1787.
-[[Benjamin Franklin]] helped write Pennsylvania's 1776 Constitution.  In Frame of Government, Chapter 2, Section 10, it states:  "Each member of the legislature, before he takes his seat, shall make and subscribe the following declaration: 'I do believe in one God, the Creator and Governor of the Universe, the Rewarder of the good and Punisher of the wicked, and I do acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine Inspiration.'"
-==Miscellaneous==
-Pennsylvania is known as the "Keystone State".
-==Sports==
-Pennsylvania is home to the [[NBA]]'s Philadelphia 76ers, the NHL's Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins, Major League Baseball's Philadelphia Phillies and Pittsburgh Pirates, and the [[NFL]]'s Pittsburgh Steelers and Philadelphia Eagles. Additionally, Pennsylvania State University is a traditional college football powerhouse, and Villanova University has had great success in college basketball as of late.
-[[Category:US state]]

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