Pennsylvania

=Pennsylvania = Geography Pennsylvania is a state with many hills, many forests and a lot of farmland. Which is a factor for why colonists would settle there. There are 50 natural lakes in Pennsylvania and many lakes and streams as well. Pennsylvania was very rural back in colonial days and people traveled on indian foot trails. The western and middle parts of Pennsylvania were uninhabited and were not explored which limited the colonists resources. Colonists stated to explore the western and middle parts when the Allegheny mountains started to be worn down.

__History__ Some parts of Delaware and New Jersey were part of Pennsylvania. The first settlement was established by Johan Printz on Tinicum Island in 1643 as part of the colony of New Sweden. The nearby settlement of Uppland followed soon after.Eventually Holland came over and took over this land, and when Britain came it was taken over by England, who gave it to William Penn because they owed him. This resulted in a colony starting up and it being a safe haven for all fellow Quakers like Penn himself, and other religious groups. They were political; they signed a treaty with the native Indians that they would respect their territory and the Indians would respect theirs to avoid conflict.

__Economics__ Colonionists realived on hunting anf farming forsupport in Pennsylvania. Some of the ways people made money in the colony was trading and shipbuilding and merchants selling goods. By 1750 Pennsylvania became one of the colonys to have a big city along with Boston in Massachusetts and New York City in New York. Slavery was very popular in the colony and the slaves were used because of all the farming land that was in Pennsylvania. There were such a big number of slaves that colonistsatarted to complain. There were many restrictions on slaves that controlled there lives, but even though they were mild they were the worst for all the northern states.

__Social__ They spoke English, because they were all from England. The most dominant religious was Quaker because Penn was a Quaker himself, but there were a lot of other religious that were also allowed in the colony. The women had more rights as a Quaker and were seen more equal but not equal to the men at the same time. They were the nurses, and mothers.

__Political__ The colony was governed as a proprietary and was governed by William Penn as the land was handed to him as a royal debt he was owed. Penn established certain laws like religious freedom and he encouraged the emancipation of slaves even though he aloud slaves a property in Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania became a very political colony as many future American Revoultionary figures lived in Philadephia like Benjamain Franklin, Thomas jefferson, John Adams. Philadephia would be the future site of where the Declaration of Independence and Constitution would be signed and where the United States would officially start. After Penn died his children took over and after a series of bad decisions Ben Franklin and others tried to turn the colony against the Penns and British Rule.

__Terms__ 1.) Triangle Trade: It is a term showing the Atlantic Slave Trade, with the 3 ports; England to West Africa to the Americas, and back again.

Even though Pennsylvania wasn’t directly gaining money from the slave trade itself, they were impacted by it, they would gain money and they would receive the products the southerners would produce due to the slave labor

2.) Salutary Neglect: It was a undocumented process that the British would not really enforce the law that the colonies could only trade with England. They weren’t really getting affected by their other trades sometimes even benefiting so they would let it continue.

They would be able to sell directly for example to west Africa and not have to go through England, this meant they would make more money for themselves, but at the same time Britain was still getting full for its quota.

3.) Mercantilism: an economic system developing during the decay of feudalism to unify and increase the power and especially the monetary wealth of a nation by a strict governmental regulation of the entire national economy usually through policies designed to secure an accumulation of bullion, a favorable balance of trade, the development of agriculture and manufactures, and the establishment of foreign trading monopolies.

This meant that anything the colonies produced or made had to go to England and could not trade with any other place. Anything Pennsylvania made with the few crops and their merchants had to go to England, but with the Salutary Neglect they all had a few trading at other ports here and there.

4.) Great Awakening: When there was a religious revival in the Americas, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those affected, a jump in evangelical church membership, and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.

Pennsylvania in contrary to these other colonies was very open and free to other religions. There were a lot of Quakers in Pennsylvania and they believe that everyone should be equal in society and in government, there were many protestant groups also in Pennsylvania which had been persecuted out of England and other colonies would not accept them.

5.) Cash Crops: A cash crop that is an easy product to produce and it can be sold in abundance for making a good income from it.

Pennsylvania had a lot of big vast fields that were great for farming in, they mostly had soy beans and cocoa beans, that they would sell around.

__French and Indian War__ Pennsylvania played a very important role in the French and indian War. The scottish settlers caused the tension that would end up starting the war as the settlers moved into delaware native american land, which angered the Native Americans which resulted in the Native Americans joining the France to fight the British for the land and the colonies. Pontiac's rebellion which started the French and Indian war also took place in Pennsylvania with future American general George Washington in charge. The colonists did support the ideas of revolution but did not take it seriously until after the French and Indian War. As a result of the War Pennsylvania became the center of American Revolution.

__Revolution__ There weren’t really leaders that came out of Pennsylvania, but there was a man who was in control of protecting Pennsylvania during the war, he was Edward Hand who was born in Ireland and moved out to the Americas where he joined the continental army and was appointed general and protected Pennsylvania. They were involved in every big revolutionary issue that there was anywhere else. The constant attacks on Pennsylvania were rejected by the 1st Pennsylvanian Regiment. They did support the constitution, they did because of their previous constitution they had made in 1776 also by Ben Franklin, George Bryan and others.

Citation
"Pennsylvania." //American History//. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 23 Sept. 2011.

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