Word: pern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...same sense that New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, etc., were colonies ruled by British. According to the charter granted William Penn his domain was a Province, owned entirely by Penn and his heirs until the time of the Revolutionary war, with the inhabitants paying rental or taxes to the Pern family. While the government con- trolled the Province by certain legislation yet Pennsylvania was a government by a Proprietor until the Declaration of Independence. The Revolutionary war was fought by twelve Colonies and one Province...