Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ndị bi na Pennsylvania n'ozuzu ha kwadoro ngagharị iwe ndị a na-emekarị na mpaghara 13 niile mgbe Nkwupụta nke 1763 na Iwu Stamp gasịrị, Pennsylvania zigara ndị nnọchiteanya na Stamp Act Congress na 1765 Philadelphia kwadoro nke mbụ na
Ndị nnọkọ nke abụọ nke Continental, nke ikpeazụ n'ime ha rụpụtara n'ịnakwere Nkwupụta Nnwere Onwe na Independence Hall na 1776. Pennsylvania bụ ebe ọtụtụ agha na ọrụ agha n'oge American mgbanwe ọchịchị, gụnyere George Washington si agafe Delaware River, Agha nke Brandywine, na Agha nke Germantown. N'oge agha Philadelphia, ndị agha nnupụisi nke George Washington nọrọ n'oge oyi nke 1777<unk>78 na Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. N'afọ 1781, e dere edemede nke Confederation ma nakweere ya na York, Pennsylvania, na Philadelphia nọgidere na-eje ozi dị ka isi obodo nke mba ọhụrụ ahụ ruo mgbe Pennsylvania Mutiny nke 1783. Ndị ama ama na Pennsylvania bụ ndị kwadoro mgbanwe ahụ gụnyere Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, Robert Morris, Anthony Wayne, Samuel Van Leer, James Wilson, na Thomas Mifflin. Otú ọ dị, Pennsylvania bụkwa ebe obibi nke ọtụtụ ndị Loyalist, gụnyere Joseph Galloway, William Allen, na Doan Outlaws.