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Although Swedes and Dutch were the first European settlers, William
Penn, a Quaker, named Pennsylvania in honor of his father by
combining the name Penn and the Latin term sylvania, which
translates as "woodlands", to come up with "Penn's woodlands."
Pennsylvania was the second of the original 13 states of the Union
(1787). Today, two major cities dominate the state -- Philadelphia,
home of the Liberty Bell, Constitution Hall, and a thriving
metropolitan area, and Pittsburgh, a busy inland river port.
Pennsylvania is one of the nation's most historic states.
Philadelphia is often called the cradle of the American Nation. It
was here that the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
were drawn up by the founding fathers. 
Are you from this
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