1. By Daniel Dixon

2.  Why did I choose Pennsylvania as my
interest project?
 Who established Pennsylvania?
 How was it established?
 What does the word Pennsylvania mean?

4.  The three places I would visit are:
 Pittsburgh
 Philadelphia
 Hershey
 Steelers game
 Liberty bell and eat a Philly cheese steak
 Hershey bar factory and Hershey park.

8.  The capitol of Pennsylvania is Harrisburg
 Harrisburg is in the southern part of
Pennsylvania

9.  In2000 the population in Pennsylvania was
12,281,054.
 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

10.  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

11. The state of Pennsylvania is in the middle of the
Mid 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 state’s
natural resources. It also has the worlds first
successful oil well. Rich coal is also found here.

13. The Appalachian Ridge has steep and
narrow mountains and many valleys.
The Piedmont has nice farmland. It
attracted German and Swiss farmers.
The Costal Plains and the Erie Lowlands
are the smallest and closest regions to
water.

15.  New Jersey
 Ney York
 Delaware
 Maryland
 West Virginia
 Ohio

16. “Virtue, Liberty, Independence”

28.  Pennsylvania became a state in 1787
 One of the original 13 colonies
 Benjamin Franklin started the first public
library in Philadelphia
 Declaration of Independence Signed 1776
 1794 the first major hard surfaced road
was opened between Philadelphia and
Lancaster.

29.  485 miles from Detroit, MI to
Harrisburg, PA.
 It would take about 8 hours and 40
minutes driving at 55 mph.