Pennsylvania
Philadelphia's home state
Pennsylvania is a state in the northeastern United States, one of the original thirteen colonies.
Philadelphia served as the nation's early capital and remains its largest city; Pittsburgh anchors the western region.
The name honors William Penn, the Quaker founder.
Pennsylvanians often call it PA or simply Penn: She's from PA originally.
Pennsylvania state capital
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- AllentownEastern Pennsylvania city
- ErieNorthwestern Pennsylvania city
Scranton · Lancaster · Bethlehem · Reading · Poconos · Susquehanna River · Delaware River · Allegheny Mountains
Pacifist Protestant denomination
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- Independence HallColonial Philadelphia civic building
- Liberty BellCracked American independence symbol
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
Declaration of Independence · Continental Congress · Benjamin Franklin · Revolutionary War · Valley Forge · Founding Fathers · religious freedom · charter
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
railroads · factories · anthracite · bituminous · Bethlehem Steel · Carnegie · smelting · coke
Pennsylvania battle site
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- Battle of GettysburgCivil War's bloodiest engagement
- Gettysburg Address1863 battlefield dedication speech
- Abraham LincolnCivil War era leader
free state · abolition · border state · Meade · national cemetery
In the middle, primary
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
- foundingCreating an organization originally
- swing stateElectorally competitive region
battleground · mid-Atlantic · crossroads · strategic · crucial · linchpin · essential · connecting
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania state capital
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- PittsburghWestern Pennsylvania industrial city
- AllentownEastern Pennsylvania city
Erie · Scranton · Lancaster · Bethlehem · Reading · Poconos · Susquehanna River · Delaware River · Allegheny Mountains · Appalachian
Quakers
Pacifist Protestant denomination
- PhiladelphiaPennsylvania's largest metropolis
- Independence HallColonial Philadelphia civic building
- Liberty BellCracked American independence symbol
Constitution · Declaration of Independence · Continental Congress · Benjamin Franklin · Revolutionary War · Valley Forge · Founding Fathers · religious freedom · charter · proprietor
steel
Carbon-hardened iron alloy
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- ironworksIndustrial metalworking facility
- foundryMetal casting facility
manufacturing · railroads · factories · anthracite · bituminous · Bethlehem Steel · Carnegie · smelting · coke · blast furnace
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania battle site
- Underground RailroadCovert abolitionist escape network
- Battle of GettysburgCivil War's bloodiest engagement
- Gettysburg Address1863 battlefield dedication speech
Abraham Lincoln · free state · abolition · border state · Meade · national cemetery
central
In the middle, primary
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
- pivotalVitally important, deciding
- foundingCreating an organization originally
swing state · battleground · mid-Atlantic · crossroads · strategic · crucial · linchpin · essential · connecting
- US StatesCalifornia, Texas, New York, Florida, Hawaii
- Colonial AmericaGeorge Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Benjamin Franklin, Declaration of Independence
- East CoastAtlantic coast, mid-Atlantic, Eastern Seaboard, New York City, NYC
- Lower 48Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado
- States/ProvincesTexas, California, New York, Florida, Ohio
- NortheastNew England, Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
PennsylvaniaMassachusetts
Northeastern colonial state
Wyoming · California · Oklahoma · Utah · Vermont
PennsylvaniaCalifornia
West coast megastate
Texas · Nevada · Florida · Silicon Valley · Wall Street
- rural PennsylvaniaAgrarian mid-Atlantic region
- Pennsylvania AvenueMajor Washington D.C. boulevard
- Pennsylvania DutchGerman-descended American subculture
- 1600 Pennsylvania AvenueExecutive mansion's location
- Pennsylvania RailroadFormer major Eastern railroad
- University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia Ivy League institution