WRITTEN HISTORY PHILADELPHIA BEGINS WILLIAM PENN THE ENGLISH CROWN PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA DELAWARE AND SCHUYLKILL KING CHARLES GAVE PENN PIECE ACQUIRED AMERICAN HOLDINGS DEBT THE KING ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM PENN THIS LAND PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE THE CLAIM WRITTEN CREATE BLOODY CONFLICT MARYLAND CRESAPS WAR THE LAND GRANT ALREADY OWNED LORD BALTIMORE COLONIAL EXPEDITION FOR AMERICA THE MIDDLE SAILING FIRST SET FOOT ON AMERICAN SOIL THE COLONY DELAWARE ORDERLY CHANGE GOVERNMENT AS WAS NORMAL AN AGE USED TO PRIVILEGES PREROGATIVES ARISTOCRACY ANTEDATED NATIONALISM COLONISTS ALLEGIANCE PROPRIETOR GENERAL ASSEMBLY SOON AFTERWARDS JOURNEYED UP THE RIVER CORE GROUP ACCOMPANYING QUAKERS RELIGIOUS FREEDOM LANDS THE LOCAL CHIEFTAINS LENAPE DELAWARE NATION PERIOD CONTRAST THE TRIBE SWEDISH DUTCH ENJOY EASY RELATIONS THE RIVAL TERRITORIAL CONESTOGA PEOPLES THE WEST NUMBER DECADES GERMAN SETTLERS COLONY NORTHWEST WEST SOUTH THE HILL COUNTRY THE BREADBASKET SUSQUEHANNA RIVER THE PROVINCE CIRCA DECADE DECLARED WAR SUSQUEHANNOCKS WHOD TRADING FURS TOOLS FIREARMS FOR SOME QUAKER VIEWED THE DUTCH ENGLISH SETTLERS HISTORICAL ALMOST IMMEDIATELY PETITIONING GOAL COUNTIES PENNSYLVANIA SPLIT SETTLEMENT BRIEF ASCENDANCY EMPIRE VICTORY GUSTAV THE GREAT BATTLE LEIPZIG AREA THE EARLY NEARBY NEW SWEDEN TODAY SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY THE ARRIVAL ENGLISH COLONISTS DEVELOPMENT OF PORT QUICKLY THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE SITE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS CHOSEN TEMPORARY CAPITAL THE UNITED STATES AT THE BEGINNING THE FEDERAL STATE GOVERNMENTS LEFT COUNTRYS CULTURAL FINANCIAL CENTER FREE BLACK COMMUNITY AIDED FUGITIVE SLAVES INDEPENDENT BLACK DENOMINATION THE AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH CENTERS VARIETY LARGEST TEXTILE ECONOMIC FAMILY TIES SOUTHERN PLANTERS MAINTAINING HOMES IN THE CITY BUSINESS CONNECTIONS DAUGHTERS FRENCH FINISHING SCHOOLS RUN REFUGEES HAITI SELLING COTTON TURN SOLD CLOTHING THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR UNION THE WAR AFTER THE WAR AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CITY GOVERNMENT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY POLITICAL MACHINE POWER THE BEGINNING OF CORRUPT CONTENTED REFORM CHANGED NEW CITY CHARTER THE POSITION MAYOR THE PHILADELPHIA CITY COUNCIL BEGINNING THE GREAT DEPRESSION VOTERS TRADITIONAL SUPPORT INCREASING THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT PREDOMINANT LOCAL POLITICS POPULATION DRAMATICALLY AT THE END CENTURIES IMMIGRATION IRELAND SOUTHERN EUROPE EASTERN EUROPE ASIA THE GREAT MIGRATION BLACKS RURAL PUERTO RICANS CARIBBEAN THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD HIRED WORKERS MANUFACTURING PLANTS THE US NAVY YARD EMPLOYED TENS THOUSANDS INDUSTRIAL WORKERS FINANCE MAJOR HOUSING AGED SUBSTANDARD WAR II SUBURBANIZATION CONSTRUCTION OF FAMILIES DEMAND LEAVING DECLINE INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING THE LOSS JOBS POVERTY SOCIAL DISLOCATION GANG MAFIA WARFARE THE CENTURY THE END GENTRIFICATION HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOODS INCREASE AS PEOPLE RETURN NEW IMMIGRANTS SOUTHEAST CENTRAL SOUTH AMERICA ENERGY INCENTIVES IMAGE CONDOMINIUM BOOM IN CENTER INDIANS THE VILLAGE EASY TO GET FAIRMOUNT PARK THE VILLAGES WATER SHACKAMAXON THE EUROPEAN COLONIZATION DELAWARE RIVER VALLEY MEANING HENRY HUDSON THE RIVER IN SEARCH OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE THE FUTURE LOCATION NETHERLAND CLAIM EXPLORER CORNELIUS JACOBSEN MEY WHOM CAPE NEW JERSEY SHOALS DELAWARE BAY FORT ON THE WEST SIDE THE BAY STOCKHOLDERS NEW SWEDEN COMPANY TRADE TOBACCO NORTH THE COMMAND PETER MINUIT COMPANYS SWEDEN TWO SHIPS KALMAR NYCKEL MINUIT THE GOVERNOR RESENTING DISMISSAL WEST INDIA COMPANY PROJECT THE KNOWLEDGE ABANDONED THE DELAWARE VALLEY FOCUS HUDSON RIVER VALLEY TO THE NORTH HUDSON RIVER PARTNERS VIEW COLONIES OCCUPATION NECESSARY LEGAL CLAIM SHIPS REACHED THE SETTLERS BUILD FORT CHRISTINA HONOR QUEEN CHRISTINA OF SWEDEN PERMANENT EUROPEAN EVENTUALLY DELAWARE RIVER BELOW SCHUYLKILL RIVER JOHAN PRINTZ ENNOBLED ROYAL GOVERNOR OF ARRIVING ADMINISTRATIVE CENTER ISLAND THE IMMEDIATE MANOR HOUSE THE PRINTZHOF ENGLISH SETTLEMENT PURITAN NEW HAVEN COLONY CONNECTICUT GEORGE TRIED THEOCRACY THE MOUTH BUY SWEDES BURNED COURT GOVERNOR CONVICTED LAMBERTON TRESPASSING THE PURITAN WINTHROP DISSOLVED SUMMER DISASTER HAVENS LOSING CONTROL CONNECTICUT COLONY SUSQUEHANNOCK WAR AGAINST PROVINCE OF MARYLAND GENERAL HARRISON NEVER LEGITIMACY LATE SUMMER PETER STUYVESANT NEW AMSTERDAM MILITARY EXPEDITION THE ROGUE HAD TO RECOGNIZE THE AUTHORITY TERMS FINNISH LOCAL STATUS LASTED CONQUEST WILLIAM MODERN ABOUT FIFTY SUBSISTENCE FARMERS IN AS CHARLES II OF ENGLAND FOR WHAT PENNSYLVANIA COLONY HEALTH WANTED TO LIVE FORTRESS WALLS BOUGHT THE LEGEND TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP CHIEF TAMMANY ELM TREE KENSINGTON DISTRICT PEOPLE RELIGION WORSHIP LIVE TOGETHER EXPERIENCED RELIGIOUS PLANNED STREETS THE IDEA BE MORE TOWNS ENGLAND CROWDED SPREAD APART GARDENS ACCESS ATLANTIC OCEAN THE THIRTEEN COLONIES LOVE FRIENDSHIP BROTHER WAS TO COMMERCIAL STATE SENT COMMISSIONERS THE SETTLEMENT SET ASIDE ACRES WICACO TOWARD ABOUT A MILE VINE SHIP THE COAST DAYS CITY WEST BANK TOTAL LAID OUT IN GRIDIRON EXCEPT HIGH BROAD THE STREETS LANDOWNERS ADJACENT THE