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{{USState
|name=Pennsylvania
|flag=Pennsylvania_State_Flag.gif
|motto=Virtue, Liberty, and Independence
|nick=The Keystone State
|capital=Harrisburg
|language=None
|governor=Ed Rendell
|gparty=Democrat
|senator1=Bob Casey, Jr.
|s1party=Democrat
|senator2=Arlen Specter
|s2party=Republican
|population=
|date=December 12, 1787 (2nd)
}}
'''Pennsylvania''' was one of the original thirteen colonies. It was founded by [[William Penn]],who wanted a place where [[Quaker]]s and other denominations could worship freely without persecution (being a Quaker was illegal in England at the time. Pennsylvania is now a US state. Its capital is [[Harrisburg]] and it borders Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia. Its first Colonial Legislative Act, the Great Law of Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682, mandated: "That no person ... who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty God
'''Pennsylvania''' was one of the original thirteen colonies. It was founded by [[William Penn]],who wanted a place where [[Quaker]]s and other denominations could worship freely without persecution (being a Quaker was illegal in England at the time. Pennsylvania is now a US state. Its capital is [[Harrisburg]] and it borders Ohio, Maryland, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and West Virginia. Its first Colonial Legislative Act, the Great Law of Pennsylvania, December 7, 1682, mandated: "That no person ... who shall confess and acknowledge one Almighty God
to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World ... shall in any case be molested or prejudiced for his, or her Conscientious persuasion or practice." [http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/documents/constitutiontrans.asp]
to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World ... shall in any case be molested or prejudiced for his, or her Conscientious persuasion or practice." [http://www.docheritage.state.pa.us/documents/constitutiontrans.asp]