Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Kukosha kwePhiladelphia nenzvimbo yayo yepakati mumakoroni zvakaita kuti ive nzvimbo yechisikigo yevanopandukira America. Pakazosvika makore okuma1750, Philadelphia yakanga yapfuura Boston kuti ive guta guru nechiteshi chengarava chakabatikana zvikurusa muBritish America, uye yechipiri muUmambo hweBritain pashure peLondon. Guta rakabata First Continental Congress (1774) pamberi peHondo yeRevolution; Second Continental Congress
(1775<unk>76), iyo yakasaina United States Declaration of Independence, mukati mehondo; uye Constitutional Convention (1787) pashure pehondo. Hondo dzinoverengeka dzakarwiwa muPhiladelphia uye pedyo nayo.