Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko te hiranga o Philadelphia me te waahi matua i roto i nga koroni i waiho hei pokapū maori mo nga kaiwhakangungu o Amerika. I te tekau tau 1750, kua neke atu a Philadelphia i a Boston hei taone nui rawa atu me te tauranga nui rawa atu i Ingarangi Amerika, me te tuarua o te Emepaea o Ingarangi i muri o Raanana. I whakahaerehia e te taone te First Continental Congress (1774) i mua i te Pakanga Revolutionary; te
Ko te Second Continental Congress (1775<unk>76), i hainatia te United States Declaration of Independence, i te pakanga; me te Constitutional Convention (1787) i muri i te pakanga. He maha nga pakanga i whawhai i roto me te tata ki Philadelphia.