| 4/14 Mar 1681 |
William Penn is created True and Absolute Proprietary of a portion of territory in North America, which is erected into a "province and Seigniorie" under the name of Pensilvania, in accordance with letters patent (charter) issued by command of the King of England on 4/14 Mar 1681 (Pennsylvania Archives, 4th series, 1:1-18) [1] |
| 4/14 Mar 1681 - 25 Jul 1776 |
Province of Pennsylvania |
| 26 Apr/6 May 1693 |
due to "great Neglects and miscarriages in the government" and the absence of the proprietary, the Province of Pennsylvania is placed under "Immediate care and protection" of the King and Queen of England, to be administered by a Captain General and Governor-in-Chief, whose commission of 21/31 Oct 1692 is read and published at a public ceremony in Philadelphia on 26 Apr/6 May 1693 (Pennsylvania Provincial Council Minutes, 1:364) |
| 26 Mar/5 Apr 1695 |
the proprietary of Pennsylvania is restored to the government of the province in accordance with letters patent issued by command of the King and Queen of England on 20/30 Aug 1694 at Westminster, read and published at the meeting of the Council on 26 Mar/5 Apr 1695 in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania Provincial Council Minutes, 1:472-475) |
| 24 Jun 1776 |
the deputies of the people of Pennsylvania expressed their willingness to concur in a vote of the Continental Congress, declaring the United Colonies free and independent Sates, in accordance with a declaration adopted by the Provincial Conference of Committees of Pennsylvania on 24 Jun 1776 (Pennsylvania Conference of Committees 1776, pp. 24-25) |
| 4 Jul 1776 |
the British colonies represented in the Continental Congress are proclaimed free and independent states in accordance with a declaration approved at the session of the Congress held on 4 Jul 1776 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Continental Congress Journals, 5:510-515) |
| 8 Jul 1776 |
the Declaration of Independence approved by the Continental Congress is proclaimed at a public ceremony in Philadelphia (The Pennsylvania Gazette, No. 2481, 10 Jul 1776, p. 2) |
| 25 Jul 1776 |
the Declaration of Independence is approved by a resolution passed by the Convention ("representatives of the freemen of the state of Pennsylvania, in general convention assembled") on 25 Jul 1776 (Pennsylvania Convention Proceedings 1776, p. 11) |
