Outline of Pennsylvania history

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Main article: History of Pennsylvania

The following is a topical outline of the history of the United States Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

History of Pennsylvania, by period

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The location of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States of America

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An enlargeable map of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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An enlargeable map of the 67 counties of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

• Indigenous peoples
• Netherlands colony of Nieuw-Nederland, 1624–1652
  • History of slavery in Pennsylvania, 1639–1847
• Swedish colony of Nya Sverige, 1638–1655
• Netherlands province of Nieuw-Nederland, 1652–1664
• English Province of New-York, (1664–1681)–1688
• English Colony of Pennsylvania, 1681–1707
• British Colony of Pennsylvania, 1707–1776
• French colony of la Louisiane, 1699–(1754–1763)
• French and Indian War, 1754–1763
  • Treaty of Fontainebleau of 1762
  • Treaty of Paris of 1763
• British Indian Reserve in western Pennsylvania, 1763–1783
  • Royal Proclamation of 1763
• American Revolutionary War, April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783
  • United States Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776
  • Philadelphia campaign, 1777–1778
  • Treaty of Paris, September 3, 1783
• Commonwealth of Pennsylvania since 1776
  • • Eighth state to ratify the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, signed July 9, 1778
  • Second State to ratify the Constitution of the United States of America on December 11, 1787
  • Erie Triangle purchased 1792
  • War of 1812, June 18, 1812 – March 23, 1815
    • Treaty of Ghent, December 24, 1814
  • Mexican-American War, April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
  • James Buchanan becomes 15th President of the United States on March 4, 1857
  • American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865
  • Pennsylvania in the American Civil War, 1861–1865
    • • Gettysburg Campaign, June 9 – July 14, 1863
        • Battle of Gettysburg, July 1–3, 1863
  • Spanish-American War, April 25 – August 12, 1898
  • World War I, June 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
    • United States enters Great War on April 6, 1917
  • World War II, September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945
    • United States enters Second World War on December 8, 1941
  • Cold War, March 5, 1946 – December 25, 1991
  • Korean War, June 25, 1950 – July 27, 1953
  • Vietnam War, September 26, 1959 – April 30, 1975
  • Persian Gulf War, August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991
  • Attack on United Airlines Flight 93, September 11, 2001
  • Afghanistan War, since October 7, 2001
  • Iraq War, since March 20, 2003

See also

• United States of America
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
    • Outline of Pennsylvania
• History of the United States
  • History of Pennsylvania
• Category:History of Pennsylvania
  • commons:Category:History of Pennsylvania

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