Colonial PennsylvaniaJesus Flores 8th World HistoryWilliam Moreno Jr. High

Standard• 5.4.1 Understand the influence of location and physical

setting on the founding of the original 13 colonies, and identify on a map the locations of the colonies and of the American Indian nations already inhabiting these areas.

Learning Objective• Students will describe the primary reasons for the founding

and the migration to the colony of Pennsylvania by creating a brochure to attract colonists to Pennsylvania.

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.

Restate-Apply-Justify• Choral the description of the colony of Pennsylvania?

• Who were the Quakers?• Who was William Penn?

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”

William Penn King Charles II

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.

Restate-Apply-Justify• Restate: Think-Pair-Share William Penn’s founding of his colony.

• Who gave William Penn the land as settlement for a owed debt?• A. King Charles II• B. English Queen Henrietta Maria• C. King James I

• What would be the name of the William’s Penn land?• A. Massachusetts• B. Rhode Island• C. Pennsylvania

• What was the primary reason for people’s migration to Pennsylvania?

• A. Free Land• B. Religious freedom• C. Representation

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.

Restate-Apply-Justify• Restate: Think-Pair-Share the Pennsylvania’s diverse colony

True or False• 1. The English were the only Europeans to settle in

Pennsylvania.• 2. Pennsylvania consisted of many religious group not just

Quakers.• 3. Pennsylvania had an elected representative 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.

Restate-Apply-Justify• Restate: Think-Pair-Share with your partner Native America

relation in Pennsylvania.

• True or False• 1. William Penn had hostile relations with the Native

Americans that were on his land.• 2. William Penn believed that the Native Americans should be

paid for the land that the new settlers took.

Closure• Objective: Students will describe the primary reasons for the

founding and the migration to the colony of Pennsylvania.

BrochureFront Flap• Title Cover• Name of colony• Colony shape picture• Introductory Name• Class & Period

BrochureInside Left Flap• Information• Demographics• Colony facts• Founder• Famous people

• Economy

BrochureInside Right Flap• Persuasion for moving to Pennsylvania Colony• Religious Freedom• Diversity• Native American Relations

Back Flap• Sources Cited• Where to find more information

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