The Pennsylvania Colony
Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SALIM ELSAYEGH PER. 2
THE PENNSYLVANIA COLONY
PENNSYLVANIA'S FOUNDER
WILLIAM PENN FOUNDED IT IN MARCH 4, 1681
DEMOCTATIC PRINCIPLES
THE PRINCIPLES HE SET FORTH SERVED AS A GUIDE FOR THE CONSTITUTION
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METHOD OF FOUNDING
HE RECEIVED WEST NEW JERSEY AS A GIFT FROM THE KING
REASONS FOR FOUNDING
THE LAND WAS GRANTED TO HIM AS A DEBT THAT WAS OWED TO HIS FATHER
PEOPLE WHO CAME TO THE COLONY.
- Quakers came because they were seeking religious freedom
- They were being persecuted back in England for having a different religion
- Once here they became a very peaceful kind of people
GEOGRAPHY
- New York is bordered by New York New Jersey Ohio Virginia and Maryland
- Major rivers are Allegheny, Susquehanna, Delaware, and Ohio river and lake Eric
- It has the Allegheny mountain range running diagnally all across Pennsylvania.
CLIMATE
- IT CONTAINS TWO MAJOR CLIMATE ZONES, WARM AND HUMID
- Average Temperature is about 35 degrees F
ECONOMY
IRON SMELTING, METAL PRODUCER, ANTHRACITE COAL, AND MACHINERY
RELIGION
- Penn founded Pennsylvania as refuge to his fellow quakers
- A majority of English were quakers although a few were angilican
- QUAKERS ARE A SOCIETY OF FRIENDS WHO OPPOSE SLAVERY
- HOWEVER THERE WERE 3000 slaves imported to Pennsylvania
POLITICS
- The original charter given by the king wasn't enough for land owners
- Penn then published his government's frame which gave power to people
- This was later changed so that the people had all the judicial rights
- From then on out the citizens of Penn had a full measure of political freedom
