PRINTER'S NO. 570
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No.
43
Session of
2015
INTRODUCED BY TEPLITZ, HAYWOOD, GREENLEAF, WOZNIAK, ARGALL,
DINNIMAN, HUTCHINSON, FONTANA, PILEGGI, TARTAGLIONE,
VULAKOVICH, COSTA, SMITH, HUGHES, RAFFERTY, YUDICHAK,
BOSCOLA, BAKER AND AUMENT, MARCH 3, 2015
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, MARCH 3, 2015
A RESOLUTION
Observing March 14, 2015, as "Charter Day" in Pennsylvania.
WHEREAS, On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England granted
William Penn a charter for land in the New World to make up for
a large debt that the king owed to Penn's father; and
WHEREAS, William Penn had initially decided to name the land
"Sylvania," which in Latin means "woods" and to which King
Charles II added the prefix "Penn" in honor of William Penn's
father, Admiral Sir William Penn, who had served England as a
rear admiral and vice admiral of Ireland, a vice admiral of
England, a general in the first Dutch War and great captain
commander under the Duke of York; and
WHEREAS, William Penn wrote a Frame of Government of
Pennsylvania that established a democratic system containing
freedom of religion, fair trials using independent juries,
assemblies consisting of elected representatives of the people
and a separation of powers in the government, all ideas that
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