1. Development of the North American Colonies

2. Pennsylvania Colony (1680)
Proprietary colony – William Penn (devout Quaker)
45,000 acres west of the Delaware Ri.
It was established as a place of religious toleration

3. Quaker Religion George Fox founder Inner Light Unique Beliefs
People are born innately good
People were social equals
Pacifists
Religious toleration
Equality of the sexes
They believed in being plain
Dress
Meeting houses where they worshiped
No ceremony to their lifestyle

4. Preachers of their Faith
Evangelical
Puritans did not appreciate this
Mary Dyer
She died at the hands of people who, ironically, came to America seeking religious freedom, yet were intolerant of other religions

5. Pennsylvania Economy
Farming - weather and soil were good for growing crops like wheat.
Longer growing season than NE
Effective transportation route (Delaware R. )
Commerce

6. Government Government led by Quaker leaders (Penn was governor)
Established religious toleration
Fair to Natives
Denounced slavery
Some owned slaves

7. The Scotch-Irish in Pennsylvania
Protestants from the borderlands of England
Rough people – moved to wilderness
No respect for native cultures
The Scotch-Irish had problems dealing with the government
Paxton Boys

8. East v. West - The Backcountry
Backcountry populated by poor like Scotch-Irish in all colonies
Had to deal with native Americans
Eastern capitals out of touch w/ western problems
Bacon’s Rebellion

9. Economic Management of the Colonies
Mercantilism
Navigation Acts (1651) - Help manage mercantilist economic system:
Examples
British captains and crews
European nations could not trade directly with the colonies
Certain commodities like sugar, tobacco could not be traded to other nations
England was a guaranteed market
Enforcement was lax up until 1763
Customs officials could be bribed

10. Salutary Neglect
England granted American colonies with a great deal of autonomy
Robert Walpole
Colonists became used to having autonomy, so when Britain tried to rein them in after the F-I War, there were issues.