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Pennsylvania Colony

Pennsylvania Colony. Victoria Simone & Jordan Conroy . Key Terms. William Penn. William Penn Quakers ‘Inner Light’ Utopian Society King Charles II Benjamin Franklin Robert Wade. Quakers. Pennsylvania Colony. History.

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Pennsylvania Colony

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  1. Pennsylvania Colony Victoria Simone & Jordan Conroy

  2. Key Terms William Penn • William Penn • Quakers • ‘Inner Light’ • Utopian Society • King Charles II • Benjamin Franklin • Robert Wade Quakers

  3. Pennsylvania Colony

  4. History • Before European settlement, Pennsylvania was inhabited by many Indian tribes, including the Erie, Honniasont, Huron, Iroquois (especially Seneca and Oneida), Leni Lenape, Munsee, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and unknown others. • King Charles II of England owed $80,000 to Admiral Sir William Penn. In 1681, as payment for the debt, the king granted what is today Pennsylvania to the admiral’s son, also named William Penn. Penn named the territory New Wales. A Welsh member of England’s Privy Council objected, so Penn called it Sylvania (woods). The king changed the name to Pennsylvania, in honor of the admiral.

  5. History • William Penn set sail from England in August, 1682, with Captain Greenway, in the ship Welcome. The ship was filled with additional passengers, mostly Quakers, with good estates. They arrived at New Castle on October 27, 1682, the next day arriving at Philadelphia. • Pennsylvania's first constitution, the Frame of Government was drafted in April, 1682, providing for an upper house and lower house of the legislature. The assembly approved the second Frame of Government in 1683.

  6. The Quakers • The Quakers first arrived in 1675. Robert Wade was supposedly the first Quaker in Pennsylvania. • The Quakers were run out of Europe, mainly because of their differing beliefs with the Catholic Church. • Most were of English, Welsh, German, and Irish decent. • The Quakers prospered the most of all people in the Pennsylvania Colony.

  7. Government • Charter granted to William Penn by Charles II, which was suppose to be payment for his father. • Quakers had a great influence on the way government was run. • Quakers believed the government was divinely instituted. • William Penn promised them a utopian society (a society that is seen as perfect). • The Quakers created their utopian-like government to benefit themselves, Native Americans, and English refugees. • Most, if not all of the government was controlled by Quakers eventually. • Landowners were elected to an assembly to govern.

  8. Culture/Religion • The culture of the Quakers was defined by how they lived their life religiously. • Also known as the “Religious Society of Friends”, in which they refer to each other as ‘friends’. • “The Inner Light” was how Quakers referred to their personal relationship with God. • Most Quakers thought of themselves as Christians, but not all felt that way. • The Book they followed is “Priesthood of all Believers”, which was derived from the New Testament.

  9. Population • 119,700 people lived in the Colony by 1750. • The population was made up of Quakers, Native Americans, English, Germans, Scotch-Irish, African slaves, and others (French/Huguenot, Jewish, Dutch, Swedes, etc.)

  10. Economy • The Pennsylvania Colony was rich in natural resources due to its fertile lands. • They were the highest exporting colony of the time period. • Produced corn, rye, hemp, flax, wheat, beef, pork, and lumber. • Women also helped manufacture household goods, and they also had craftsmen who produced their own goods. • Trade was exported to The West Indies and Madieras. • In return for their goods, they received rum, sugar, cotton, wine, and Spanish money.

  11. Native Americans • Penn was granted all the land of the colony, but only settled after all was bought from the Indians. • Penn was met with little resistance from the natives. • The Colony set up a trade system with the Indians, as well as attempted to learn there language. • The Indians gradually headed westward, due to not being able to live with the new settlers.

  12. In Review • As we have explained, the Quakers had a huge effect on every aspect of life in Pennsylvania from there arrival until or deadline of 1750. • They effected the religion obviously, the government, the culture, the economy, the slaves, the native Americans, and the population.

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