Pennsylvania good 1

• 1. By Daniel Dixon

2. Why did I choose Pennsylvania as myinterest project? Who established Pennsylvania? How was it established? What does the word Pennsylvania mean? 3. Thethree places I would visit are: Pittsburgh Philadelphia Hershey Steelers game Liberty bell and eat a Philly cheese steak Hershey bar factory and Hershey park. 4. The capitol of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg Harrisburg is in the southern part ofPennsylvania 5. In2000 the population in Pennsylvania was12,281,054. Philadelphia had 1,517,550 people in 2000. Michigan had 9,938,444 Detroit had 951,270 people Philadelphia has more people than Detroit Pennsylvania easily tops Michigan 6. January: 38/23 degrees Fahrenheit February:41/25 degrees Fahrenheit March:51/33 degrees Fahrenheit April:63/42 degrees Fahrenheit May:73/51 degrees Fahrenheit June:81/61 degrees Fahrenheit July:86/66 degrees Fahrenheit August:84/69 degrees Fahrenheit September:77/61 degrees Fahrenheit October:64/45 degrees Fahrenheit November:53/36 degrees Fahrenheit December:42/28 degrees Fahrenheit 7. The state of Pennsylvania is in the middle of theMid Atlantic Region. Pennsylvania has Five Major Land Regions The Appalachian Plateau Appalachian Ridge Piedmont Erie Lowlands The Atlantic Coastal Plain. The Appalachian Plateau holds most of the statesnatural resources. It also has the worlds firstsuccessful oil well. Rich coal is also found here. 8. The Appalachian Ridge has steep andnarrow mountains and many valleys.The Piedmont has nice farmland. Itattracted German and Swiss farmers.The Costal Plains and the Erie Lowlandsare the smallest and closest regions towater. 9. NewJersey Ney York Delaware Maryland West Virginia Ohio 10. Virtue, Liberty, Independence 11. Pennsylvaniabecame a state in 1787 One of the original 13 colonies Benjamin Franklin started the first publiclibrary in Philadelphia Declaration of Independence Signed 1776 1794 the first major hard surfaced roadwas opened between Philadelphia andLancaster. 12. 485miles from Detroit, MI toHarrisburg, PA. It would take about 8 hours and 40minutes driving at 55 mph.