Pennsylvania proprietors

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The Pennsylvania proprietors were the colonial-era landowning authorities who held and managed the proprietary rights to the Province of Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.

All labels observed (2)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial landowning authority ⓘ
proprietary government ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Pennsylvania Colony ⓘ
Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
basedOn royal charter of 1681 ⓘ
compensationReceivedFrom Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
compensationYear late 18th century ⓘ
conflict Native American nations over land cessions ⓘ
Pennsylvania Assembly ⓘ
Quaker political leaders ⓘ
frontier settlers over land titles ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dissolvedAsConsequenceOf American Revolution ⓘ
endTime 1776 ⓘ
exercisedPowerThrough governor of Pennsylvania ⓘ
provincial council of Pennsylvania ⓘ
foundedBy William Penn ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver appointment of some colonial officials ⓘ
land grants in Pennsylvania ⓘ
quit-rents in Pennsylvania ⓘ
sale of land in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasPart John Penn (the governor) ⓘ
Penn family ⓘ
Richard Penn Jr. ⓘ
Richard Penn Sr. ⓘ
linked to: Richard Penn

Thomas Penn ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
inception 1681 ⓘ
legalForm hereditary proprietorship ⓘ
mainSubject colonial administration ⓘ
land tenure ⓘ
proprietary rights ⓘ
notableMember John Penn (the governor) ⓘ
Richard Penn Jr. ⓘ
Richard Penn Sr. ⓘ
linked to: Richard Penn

Thomas Penn ⓘ
William Penn ⓘ
opposedBy Benjamin Franklin ⓘ
Pennsylvania anti-proprietary party ⓘ
receivedCharterFrom Charles II of England ⓘ
reformDemand conversion of Pennsylvania to royal colony ⓘ
religion Quakerism (for William Penn) ⓘ
rightsAbolishedBy Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania
significantEvent French and Indian War land disputes ⓘ
Paxton Boys unrest context ⓘ
Walking Purchase ⓘ
territoryIncludes parts of present-day Delaware ⓘ
present-day Pennsylvania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Charles Mason → employer → Pennsylvania proprietors ⓘ
Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly → conflictsWith → Pennsylvania proprietors ⓘ
Richard Penn → notableFor → proprietorship of Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania proprietors