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Pennsylvania was one of the original 13 colonies, it became the second state administrated into the union on Dec 12 1787.Like other states Pennsylvania has a motto,Pennsylvania’s motto is “Virtue,Liberty, and Independance”.Pennsylvania’s total population is about 12,703,379 (but it’s ever changing) there is about 49,188 in Pennsylvania’s capital Harrisburg which is about 1/240 of the total poppulation. Pennsylvania’s state bird is the ruffed grouse, the state flower is the mountain laurel, and the state tree is the eastern hemlock. Pennsylvania Has many nicknames such as the keystone,oil,coal, and quaker state and state of independance. The origin of Pennsylvania’s name is from it’s founder Quaker Penn as Pennsylvania in dutch means “Penn’s Woods”. The states that border pennsylvania are New york,Ohio,West Virginia,Maryland, and Delaware. Some noteworthy geographic regions in Pennsylvania could be Mt. Davis, the Ohio River, Delaware River. Pennsylvania ranks 33rd. Highest in state size rank, and is 3,346,055 mi². Pennsylvania highest point is the peak Mt. Davis And the lowest point is the Delaware river. The weather in main regions of pennsylvania are harrisburg and lancaster Apr 63 3.41 May 72 4.05 Jun 81 3.67- Pittsburgh-Apr 64 May 73. Pennsylvania’s agriculture involves sweet corn, …show more content…

Rachel Carson Was born in springdale, 1907 who was a marine biologist and author, one of her books banned the use of DDT a commonly used harmful insecticide. William Henry “Bill” Cosby Jr. was born on July 12, 1937 and is a stand up comedian, actor, and author Who has inspired many. Benjamin Franklin was born on Jan.17 ,1706 ,and invented the lightning rod which is still in use today, and an ambassador for the colonies during the revolution, and an author. Henry John Heinz was born on Oct. 11 ,1844 and has made the food industry with ketchup, “beanz”, worcestershire sauce and other

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