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1776

Abolitionism

Alien and Sedition Acts

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
The American Civil Liberties Union, a national legal organization dedicated to the defense and preservation of civil liberties in the United States, has been organized in the Philadelphia region since 1951, when chapters formed in Pennsylvania and New Jersey as part of a move toward establishing branches throughout the nation. Both chapters played a role ⇒ Read More
Animal Protection

Appeal of Forty Thousand Citizens

Articles of Confederation

Artisans

Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (The)

Bicentennial (1976)

Black Power

British Occupation of Philadelphia

Capital of the United States (Selection of Philadelphia)

Centennial Exhibition (1876)

Christiana Riot Trial

Civil Rights (African American)

Civil Rights (LGBT)

Cold War

Common Sense

Constitution Commemorations

Constitutional Convention of 1787

Continental Congresses

Crowds (Colonial and Revolution Eras)

Declaration of Independence

Dewey’s Lunch Counter Sit-In

Eastern State Penitentiary

Fort Wilson

Forts and Fortifications

Free Black Communities

Freedom Train

French Revolution
The French Revolution of 1789 created political, social, and financial instability throughout Europe, prompting many terrified French aristocrats, businessmen, and intellectuals to flee to the United States. Philadelphia, with its cosmopolitan atmosphere, accessible port, and thriving commerce, attracted many of the French émigrés. Most settled along the Delaware River in the Mulberry district of Philadelphia ⇒ Read More
Fries Rebellion

Fugitives From Slavery

Gayborhood

General Trades Union Strike (1835)

Girard College

Grand Federal Procession

Gray Panthers

Greek War for Independence

Haitian Revolution

Independence Hall

Independence National Historical Park

Industrial Workers of the World

Knights of Labor

Ladies Association of Philadelphia

Lafayette’s Tour

Law and Lawyers

Lawnside, New Jersey

Liberty Bell

Liberty County

Loyalists

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Mennonites

Meschianza

Militia

Modern Chivalry: Containing the Adventures of Captain John Farrago, and Teague O’Regan, his Servant

Mother Bethel AME Church:
Congregation and Community

Murder of Octavius Catto

National Freedom Day

National Negro Convention Movement

Nativism

Occupy Philadelphia

Pacific World (Connections and Impact)

Pennhurst State School and Hospital

Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges

Pennsylvania Emancipation Exposition (1913)

Philadelphia (Warship)

Philadelphia Campaign

Philadelphia Lawyer

Philadelphia Plan

Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) Strike

Political Parties (Origins, 1790s)

Presidents of the United States (Presence in Region)

Price of a Child (The)

Privateering

Reminder Days

Revolutionary Crisis (American Revolution)

Scots Irish (Scotch Irish)

Sesquicentennial International Exposition (1926)

Seven Years’ War

Slavery and the Slave Trade

Spanish-American Revolutions
As a port with longstanding commercial, cultural, and political connections with Spanish America, Philadelphia played a significant role in the era of Spanish-American revolutions in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. The City of Brotherly Love welcomed individuals escaping Spanish domination and helped to support their ideas about liberty, equality and independence. Philadelphia’s ⇒ Read More
Sullivan Principles

Tourism

Trade Unions (1820s and 1830s)

Trenton and Princeton Campaign (Washington’s Crossing)

U.S. Congress (1790-1800)

U.S. Presidency (1790-1800)

Underground Railroad

United States Colored Troops

Vagrancy

Valley Forge

Veterans and Veterans’ Organizations

Vigilance Committees

Whig Party

Whiskey Rebellion Trials

Woman Suffrage
