Pennsylvania State Facts

Which relationship involving Pennsylvania history is correctly stated?

• Philadelphia had little political or economic importance in British North America.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.
• Pennsylvania’s industrial growth happened without major transportation or migration changes.
• Pennsylvania’s colonial development cannot be explained accurately without including Indigenous peoples and changing land relationships.

Which idea about William Penn is most accurate?

• Pennsylvania’s colonial history can be explained without considering Indigenous peoples.
• William Penn’s religious ideals coexisted with later colonial expansion and increasingly complex Indigenous-colonial relations.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.
• Pennsylvania became a state before the U.S. Constitution was written.

What should a student understand about Philadelphia?

• Philadelphia had little political or economic importance in British North America.
• Philadelphia’s political importance grew from a combination of population, commerce, communication, and geography.
• Pennsylvania became a state before the U.S. Constitution was written.
• Valley Forge was only a battlefield and had no connection to military training.

Which statement correctly explains Pennsylvania history?

• Philadelphia had little political or economic importance in British North America.
• Pennsylvania’s ratification of the Constitution on December 12, 1787 made it the second state in the federal union.
• Valley Forge was only a battlefield and had no connection to military training.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.

What is the clearest description of Valley Forge?

• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.
• Valley Forge was only a battlefield and had no connection to military training.
• Pennsylvania became a state before the U.S. Constitution was written.
• Valley Forge is historically important for both hardship and organizational change in the Continental Army.

Which statement best describes Gettysburg?

• Gettysburg was part of the Confederate invasion of the North in 1863.
• Philadelphia had little political or economic importance in British North America.
• Pennsylvania’s industrial growth happened without major transportation or migration changes.
• The Battle of Gettysburg occurred during the American Revolution.