Important places in Pennsylvania History
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| Built by Washington's men after the first shots of the French and Indian War were fired. | Fort Necessity
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| Replaced the burnt down Fort Duquesne; place were disease infected blankets were used during Pontiac's Rebellion | Fort Pitt
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| Washington was sent to this fort to ask the French to leave the Ohio River Valley; the French refused. | Fort LeBeouf
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| Capital of Pennsylvania | Harrisburg
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| Constitutional Convention was held here; place where the Declaration of Independence was first read; Liberty Bell; capital of the US until the early 1800s. | Philadelphia
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| River the forms the eastern border of Pennsylvania | Delaware River
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| River that flows through Harrisburg | Susquehanna River
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| River that flows north to Pittsburgh | Monangahela River
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| River that flows south into Pittsburgh | Allegheny River
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| flows west from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi | Ohio River
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| the Allegheny Portage Railroad connects these TWO cities | Hollidaysburg & Johnstown
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| largest battle of the Revolution fought in PA | Brandywine
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| "these are the times that try's mens souls"; Washington's troops spent the winter at this encampment | Valley Forge
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| Proclamation of 1763 prohibited settlement past this geographic feature | Appalachian Mountains
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| firs oil drilled in the US was at this PA city | Titusville
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| first building to be lit by electricity | Sunbury
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| largest battle of the Civil War; marked a turning point in favor of the North | Gettysburg
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| City burnt to the ground by the Confederates | Chambersburg
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| Place of the Horseshoe Curve, which enable trains to conquer the Allegheny Mountains | Altoona
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| lake port city | Erie
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| Lumber capital of the world | Williamsport
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| Indian School for assimilating native americans into white society | Carlisle
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| Nuclear Meltdown | Three Mile Island
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| PA port cities | Erie, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia
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