Pennsylvania has very intersting history. pennsylvania was one of the origanal 13 colliny. Dutch and Sweedish were the first people there and they found artifacts over 19,400 years old. In 1775 Philidelphia Pennsylvania, held the second contential congress. This was when representatives from each of the colinies met for the second time after deciding to go to war with Britain. The french and English faught for control over the land during the French and Indian war, witch lasted from 1754 to 1763.