PENNSYLVANIA COLONIZATION

FOUNDING YEAR/REASON/THE FOUNDER

• Founded by William Penn
• May 4 1681
• To creat a colony for freedom and religion
• Refuge for quakers

DEMOGRAPHICS

• Total population was 360,000
• White population 341,000
• Slave population 3,727

ECONOMY/TRADE

• Agriculture was a big part of the economy
• Manufacturing (textiles, paper making, ship building) was another major industrie
• Pensylvania was the 3rd richest colony

GOVERNMENT

• Liberal government
• Divided into 60 judicial districts

INTERESTING FACTS

• First state to list their website on a license plate
• 1909 the first baseball stadium was built in Pittsburg
• State animal is the white tailed deer
• State flower is the mountain laurel

GEOGRAPHY AND TERRAIN

• Geography varied from sea level to mountains and plateaus
• Highest point 3,213ft
• Average elevation 1,100ft
• There are 4 rivers and 1 lake in Pensylvania