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 == Pennsylvania is not named after William Penn. == 

 The current version says: ...which Penn named Pennsylvania, meaning ""Penn's woods"".  
 As far as I know that is not correct, it was named Pennsylvania by King Charles II, against(!) the will of William Penn. 
 Neither being a historian nor expert Wikipedia contributor myself, all I can offer to proof my claim is the Wikipedia article onPennsylvania which states: 

 On February 28, 1681, Charles II granted a land charter[26] to William Penn to repay a debt of £16,000[27] (around £2,100,000 in 2008, adjusting for retail inflation)[28] owed to William's father, Admiral Penn. This was one of the largest land grants to an individual in history.[29] It was called Pennsylvania. William Penn, who wanted it called New Wales or Sylvania, was embarrassed at the change, fearing that people would think he had named it after himself, but King Charles would not rename the grant.[30] Penn established a government with two innovations that were much copied in the New World: the county commission and freedom of religious conviction.[29] 

 This Wikipedia Article also lists http://www.britannia.com/celtic/wales/facts/facts1.html as a source. 

 Many historic books list a letter by William Penn to Robert Turner, written on March 5th, 1681 as a source. http://books.google.at/books?id=RP-IRN8PDnUC&lpg;=PA54&dq;=william%20penn%20robert%20turner%20with%20privileges%2C%20by%20the%20name%20of%20Pennsylvania%2C%20a%20name%20the%20King%20would%20give%20it%20in%20honor%20of%20my%20father.&pg;=PA54#v=onepage&q;&f;=false 

 The letter reads: 
 DEAR FRIEND: My true love in the Lord salutes thee and dear friends that love Lord’s precious truths in those parts. Thine I have, and for my business here, know, that after many writings, watchings, solicitings, and disputes in Council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by the name of Pennsylvania: a name the King would give it, in honor to my father. I chose New Wales, being as this a pretty healthy country; but Penn being Welch for a head, as Penmanmore in Wales, Penrith in Cumberland, and Penn in Buckinghamshire, the highest land in England, called this Pennsylvania, which is the high or head wood land; for I proposed, when the Secretary a Welchman, refused to have it called New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it: and though I much opposed it, and went to the King to have it struck out and altered; he said it was passed, and he would take it upon him—nor could twenty guineas move the under Secretary to vary the name; for I feared, lest it should be looked upon as a vanity in me, and not as a respect to my father, who he often mentioned with praise. Thou mayest communicate my grant to Friends, and expect my proposals: it is a clear and just thing; and my God that has given it me, through many difficulties, will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation. I shall have a tender care to the government, that it be well laid at first. No more now, but dear love in the truth."