Penn and the Quakers American History 8
Review
Pilgrims
Pilgrim Religion Separatists Persecuted Values rejected idols believed in predestination Values hard work thrift simple pleasures
Pilgrim Voyage Mayflower; old leaky ship second ship abandoned had others on ship who weren’t Pilgrims headed for Virginia; ended in Massachusetts
Pilgrim Documents Mayflower Compact
Puritans
Puritan Religion Persecuted by James I Part of Anglican Church Not poor Very strict Church and State the same Create City Upon A Hill Values hardwork thrift simple pleasures plain clothes
Puritan Voyage Learned from previous colonies Planned settlements 17 new ships 1000 colonists supplies and tradesmen Planned settlements
Puritan Documents Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Quakers
Quaker Religion Society of Friends values hard work thrift honesty
Persecuted
Quaker Beliefs Oppose taxes
Quaker Beliefs Oppose war
Quaker Beliefs Everyone is equal
Quaker Beliefs No ministers
Quaker Beliefs Prayer to find “inner light”
Quaker Voyage Wanted a place to practice religion Avoid Massachusetts Avoid Virginia
William Penn
William Penn Born in London Son of an Admiral Sir Richard Penn
William Penn Attended Oxford University Expelled for protesting the rule that all students had to belong to the Church of England
William Penn Father sent him to Italy and France Returned a fashionable gentleman, with no apparent strong religious beliefs
William Penn At 22, he went to Ireland to manage estates met Thomas Loe; converted to Quaker At a time Quakers were being persecuted
William Penn arrested and jailed three times for speaking and writing about Quakerism
William Penn On his father’s death, he realized the king (Charles II) owed him a lot of money Asked for land in America instead of money Named colony “New Wales Sylvania” the king changed it to “Pennsylvania” to honor his father
William Penn The Charter of Pennsylvania was issued on March 4, 1681
William Penn Holy Experiment all welcome; if work hard
William Penn As proprietor, he gave personal and property rights Granted colony self-government
William Penn Penn made a treaty with the Indians
William Penn Believed in equality Believed people should look out for their fellow man Opposed war
Quaker Voyage 100 come on Welcome 8,000 come in next five years
Quaker Settlement Philadelphia trade center, immigration center banking and insurance industry education; science
Quaker Settlement Relations with the Indians
Walking Purchase
Pennsylvania Immigration
Germans
Religion Different groups Moravians Mennonites Amish Anabaptists Brethren Schwenkfelders Lutherans
Germans Escape Civil War
Misnamed
Voyage Farmers came Whole towns came
Settlement Lancaster New Germany Germantown New Ephrata Berlin
Settlements Soil Conservation Crop Rotation