Germantown
Historic Pennsylvania district
Germantown is a common place name in the United States, appearing in multiple states—most notably the historic neighborhood in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, site of a Revolutionary War battle.
Other Germantowns exist in Maryland, Tennessee, Ohio, and elsewhere.
The name typically marks areas settled by German immigrants in the 18th and 19th centuries.
Residential area nearby
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- colonialOf occupied territories
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
Mennonites · Victorian architecture · cobblestones · Main Street · historic district · National Register · Underground Railroad · gentrification
Colonial uprising against Britain
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- Continental ArmyColonial rebel military force
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- retreatSanctuary or withdrawal
George Washington · military strategy · reenactment · battlefield · October · surprise attack · muskets · encampment
Foreign territorial takeover
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- William PennPhiladelphia's Quaker founder
- land grantGovernment-given real estate
homesteads · farming · printing press · charter · tract · village · pioneers · religious freedom
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- PennsylvaniaNortheastern founding colony state
- colonialOf occupied territories
Quakers · Mennonites · Victorian architecture · cobblestones · Main Street · historic district · National Register · Underground Railroad · gentrification · diversity
Revolutionary War
Colonial uprising against Britain
- British ArmyUK's land warfare branch
- Continental ArmyColonial rebel military force
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
George Washington · retreat · military strategy · reenactment · battlefield · October · surprise attack · muskets · encampment
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- QuakersPacifist Protestant denomination
- MennonitesProtestant Anabaptist denomination
- William PennPhiladelphia's Quaker founder
land grant · homesteads · farming · printing press · charter · tract · village · pioneers · religious freedom · craftsmen
Maryland
Mid-Atlantic U.S. state
New York · suburb · township · district · settlers · municipality · unincorporated
- Revolutionary WarGeorge Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Paul Revere, Betsy Ross flag
- Mid-Atlantic PlacesPhiladelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Wilmington, Trenton
- Ethnic EnclavesChinatown, Little Italy, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Greektown
- Historic BattlefieldsYorktown, Concord, Brandywine, Bunker Hill, Saratoga
- Hudson ValleyHudson River, Hudson River School, Henry Hudson, Kingston, Poughkeepsie
- Maryland PlacesBaltimore, Annapolis, Ocean City, Chesapeake Bay, Bethesda