PENNSYLVANIA

• Capital: Harrisburg

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ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

• Country theater located in Doylestown,PA
• Heinz Field: Pittsburgh Steelers

RELIGIOUS BREAKDOWN

HISTORICAL REPRESENTATION OF CULTURE

• Steel mills.

MAJOR LANDFORMS

• The first major landform is Lake Erie.
• Lake Erie is a Great Lake.
• Lake Erie is the 12th largest lake in the world.

MAJOR LANDFORMS

• My second major landform is the Allegheny Plateau.
• The largest plateau area in northern and western Pennsylvania.

MAJOR CITIES

• My first major city is Pittsburgh.
• A city sitting on the Ohio River.
• Population of 305,841

MAJOR CITY

• My second major city is Philadelphia
• Its the largest city in Pennsylvania.
• Population: 1,528,006

MAJOR ATTRACTION

• My first major attraction is the liberty bell.
• Located in Philadelphia.
• It is a ionic symbol of American peace

ARCHITECTURE

• Allegheny court house
• Esherick House

MAJOR ATTRACTION

• My second major attraction is Gettysburg Battlefield.
• Battle of Gettysburg fought from July 1-3 in 1863
• President Abraham Lincoln gave a famous speech there.

CLIMATE

• Summer: hot and humid but in the mountains its cooler.
• Most days are in the 90s
• Winter: very cold in mountains but cold not near mountains.
• most days are in the 30s.
• Average temperature for whole year: high 63, low 44

YEARLY RAINFALL

• The yearly rainfall is 41.38 inches.

TOP COMPANIES

• Flexpro Group
• Rta Cabinet Store
• New Penn Financial

TOTAL POPULATION

• Total population is 12.76 million in Pennsylvania

STATEHOOD

• Became a state in December 12,1787
• One of the 13 colonies, settled by the Europeans.
• Willam Penn was the royal charter in 1861, the Mason Dixon Line survived
• Established the southern boundary of the state and the state was established.
• William Penn negotiated and made the other boundaries.

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a ship carrying state commerce to all parts of the world; a clay-red plough, a symbol of the Pennsylvania's rich natural resources; and three golden sheaves of wheat, representing fertile fields and Pennsylvania's wealth of human thought and action. An olive branch and cornstalk cross limbs beneath—symbols of peace and prosperity. The state motto, "Virtue Liberty and Independence", appears festooned below. The bald eagle means Americas Independence

MISCELLANEOUS FACTS

• In 1913 the first automobile service station opened in Pittsburgh.
• Hershey is considered the Chocolate Capital of the United States.