 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Philadelphia nderimwe remaguta ekare zvikurusa muUnited States. William Penn, muQuaker wechiNgezi, akavamba guta racho muna 1682 kuti ashumire seguta guru rePennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia yakaita basa rakakosha muAmerican Revolution senzvimbo yekusangana yeVavambi veUnited States, avo vakasaina Chirevo cheRusununguko muna 1776 kuChipiri Continental Congress, uye Bumbiro paPhiladelphia Conventionra1787. Zvimwe zviitiko zvakakosha zvakaitika muPhiladelphia panguva yeHondo yeRevolution kusanganisira First Continental Congress, kuchengetedzwa kweLiberty Bell, Hondo yeGermantown, uye Siege yeFort Mifflin. Philadelphia yakaramba iri guta guru renyika kusvikira rakundwa neNew York City muna 1790; guta racho raivawo rimwe remaguta makuru enyika panguva yechimurenga, richishumira sedhorobha reUnited States kwenguva pfupi apo Washington, D.C. yakanga ichivakwa. Muzana remakore rechi19 nerechi20, Philadelphia yakava nzvimbo huru yemabhizimisi uye nzvimbo ine njanji. Guta rakakura nekuda kwekupinda kwevanhu vekuEurope, vazhinji vacho pakutanga vakabva kuIreland neGermany - mapoka maviri makuru emadzitateguru akataurwa muguta. Gare gare mapoka evatorwa muzana remakore rechi20 akauya achibva kuItaly chiItaly chiri chizvarwa chechitatu chikuru cheEurope chakataurwa muPhiladelphia uye dzimwe nyika dzeSouthern Europe neEastern Europe. Mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi20, Philadelphia yakava nzvimbo huru yokuenda kwevanhu vokuAfrica vokuAmerica munguva yokufamba kwevanhu vakawanda pashure peHondo Yenyika Yokutanga. Vanhu vokuPuerto Rico vakatanga kutamira kuguta racho vari vazhinji munguva iri pakati peHondo Yenyika I neYechipiri, uye vari vakawanda zvikuru munguva yapashure pehondo. Vagari vomuguta racho vakapetwa kaviri kubva pamamiriyoni rimwe kusvika kumamiriyoni maviri pakati pa 1890 na 1950. 