The Province of Pennsylvania1686-1776

By: Zach Adams

•South of New York•East of Ohio•West of New Jersey •North of West Virginia, Virginia, and Maryland

Formation of Pennsylvania.

• Founded in British America on March 4, 1681• Founded By William Penn• Dictated in a royal charter by King Charles II

William Penn.

Methods of populating.•Population at The Time of about 1790 was about 600-750,000 people.

•Religious Freedom

•The society of friends- safe place for friends to live in and practice their faith.

Structure of Society

• Capital: Philadelphia• Government established in 1682• Appointed Governor• 72 Member Provincial council• General Assembly- Largest & most

representative branch of Government but had little power.

Environmental Factors

• Pennsylvania named after William Penn’s father and from the Latin word sylvania, meaning “Forest land”

• Heavily Forested• Very Cold Winters• Mild Summers

Agriculture

• Wheat and Corn leading crops• Rye, hemp, and flax also major crops.• Livestock was another major money maker.• Tobacco

Farm home in Eastern Pennsylvania.

Industry

• Arts and Crafts and Home manufactures, grew rapid.

• Sawmills and gristmills first appeared among various streams, ran by hydroelectricity.

• Gun and papermaking industries were major

Factories using hydroelectricity.

Important People.

• William Penn- Founder of the Colony of Pennsylvania.

• Benjamin Franklin- Founded The Academy and College of Philadelphia, and The University of Pennsylvania.

• Thomas Paine- wrote Common Sense, and first to publicly champion the phrase “The United states of America”.

Important People.

• Arthur St. Clair- served as a President under the Articles of Confederation.