Pennsylvania
- ISBN-10
- 1560069937
- ISBN-13
- 9781560069935
- Series
- Pennsylvania
- Category
- Juvenile Nonfiction / History / United States / State & Local
- Pages
- 96
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2002
- Publisher
- Lucent Books
- Author
- Victoria Sherrow
Description
Discusses the founding of Pennsylvania by William Penn, its daily life in the early years, its role in the American Revolution, its political and social ideology, and its achievement of statehood.
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