Colonial Pennsylvania And the role of William Penn

Learning Objective Students will describe the primary reasons for the founding and the migration to the colony of Pennsylvania by writing a paragraph. ELL learners will supplement paragraph content with pictures.

What is Pennsylvania? William Penn founded a colony that would allow the Quakers and other religious groups to practice their religion freely without religious persecution. Pennsylvania would become a diverse colony that consisted of many ethnic and religious groups and had friendly relations with the Native Americans.

Content Vocabulary and Key People Quakers: A Protestant group that had been persecuted or treated harshly because of their religious beliefs, in England. William Penn: wealthy English Quaker, who would founded the colony of Pennsylvania.

William Penn In 1680, William Penn, a Quaker, received the land in payment for a debt that King Charles II, owed William Penn’s father. He was granted a royal charter on March 4, 1861 The land given to William Penn would be called Pennsylvania, or “Penn’s Wood”. It extended inland from the Delaware River. It was as large as England Origins of Name Penn: Penn’s surname Sylvania: “forest land”

City of Philadelphia In 1862, William Penn sails to America to supervise the building of Philadelphia. “The city of brotherly love” Greek translation Philos: “love” Adelphos: “brother”

William Penn’s primary reason for founding Pennsylvania William Penn had a desire to protect himself and others Quakers from religious persecution. In England, Quakers were religiously persecuted. William Penn saw Pennsylvania as a “Holy experiment”. He believed that the Quakers could practice the ideas of toleration and equality. William Penn wanted in his colony to have the freedom of worship and religion which would be granted to all citizens.

Diversity William Penn was hoping to establish a colony of many languages and customs. Penn advertised his new colony and by 1863 he had more than 3,000 settlers. English Welsh Irish Dutch German Other religious groups would also arrive in Pennsylvania. French Huguenots, Amish, Lutherans, and German Catholics. William Penn also granted the colonist the right to elect representatives to the legislative assembly.

Native American Relations William Penn had good relations with the Native Americans that were settled in his land. William Penn believed that the land belonged to the Native Americans and that the Native Americans should be paid for their land.

Closure Objective: Students will describe the William Penn’s reason and role for the founding the colony of Pennsylvania