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Explore the contrasting views of the Mennonites of Germantown on slavery and European explorers on Native Americans and speculate on the reasons for these differences. Analyze primary source documents to understand the perspectives of different groups.
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Bell Ringer Read the following quote from the Mennonites of Germantown on their view of slavery and briefly contrast that with the overall view of European explorers’ view on native Americans and speculate why those views might differ. The Mennonites of Germantown, Pennsylvania, recorded the earliest known protest against slavery in America in 1688: “There is a saying, that we should do to all men like as we will be done ourselves. . . . But to bring men hither, or to rob and sell them against their will, we stand against. . . Pray, what thing in the world can be done worse towards us, than if men should rob or steal us away, and sell us for slaves to strange countries, separating husbands from their wives and children?”
Pennsylvania William Penn And The “Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges and Liberties” Mr. Aiken - APUSH FCHS Jacksonville, FL
Academic Goals And Assessment Key Concept 2.3: The increasing political, economic and cultural exchanges within the “Atlantic World” had a profound impact on the development of colonial societies in North America. PEO-1Explain how and why people moved within the Americas (before contact) and to and within the Americas (after contact and colonization) Primary Source Document Analysis
Period 2 Agenda • Chapter 4 Quiz next class • Cornell Notes Set-Up • Essential Question: review • The Great Awakening • Review lesson on slavery vs. indentured servants
The Quakers • Called Quakers because they “quaked” during intense religious practices. • They offended religious & secular leaders in England. • Refused to pay taxes to support the Church of England. • They met without paid clergy • Believed all were children of God refused to treat the upper classes with deference. • Keep hats on. • Addressed them as commoners ”thees”/“thous.” • Wouldn’t take oaths. • Pacifists.
William Penn • Aristocratic Englishman. • 1660 – attracted tothe Quaker faith. • Embraced Quakerismafter military service. • 1681 he received agrant from king toestablish a colony. • This settled a debt the king owed his father. • Named Pennsylvania [“Penn’s Woodland”]. • He sent out paid agents and advertised for settlers his pamphlets were pretty honest. • Liberal land policy attracted many immigrants.
Penn & Native Americans • Bought [didn’t simply take] land from Indians. • Quakers went among the Indians unarmed. • BUT…….. non-Quaker Europeans flooded PA • Treated native peoples poorly. • This undermined the actions of the Quakers!
Government of Pennsylvania • Representative assembly elected by landowners. • No tax-supported church. • Freedom of worship guaranteed to all. • Forced to deny right to vote & hold office to Catholics & Jews by English govt. • Death penalty only for treason & murder. • Compared to 200 capital crimes in England!
Pennsylvanian Society • Attracted many different people • Religious misfits from other colonies. • Many different ethnic groups. • No provision for military defense. • No restrictions on immigration. • No slavery!! • “Blue Laws” [sumptuary laws] against stage plays, cards, dice, excessive hilarity, etc. A society that gave its citizens economic opportunity, civil liberty, & religious freedom!!
Assessment: Primary Source Document Analysis “...I, ...William Penn, do declare, grant and confirm unto all the freemen, planters, and adventurers, and other inhabitants in this province and territories, these following liberties, franchises and privileges, so far as in me lieth, to be held, enjoyed, and kept by the freemen, planters, and adventurers, and other inhabitants of and in the said province and territories thereunto annexed, forever. “Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges and Liberties”
Your Assignment • Students will read the text of William Penn’s “Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges and Liberties” • Students will then analyze the document by answering the following questions: PEO-1 Explain how and why people moved within the Americas (before contact) and to and within the Americas (after contact and colonization) • Identify and analyze why this was a way to lure settlers into his colony. • Discuss Penn’s approach to religious toleration. According to Penn, people can be truly happy only under what condition? • What are the four things that Penn specifies he “naturally detested”?