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Colonial America: Pennsylvania

A research topic guide covering Colonial America.

Resources

William Penn's Holy Experiment of Philadelphia

 

He was arrested and imprisoned in the Tower of London eight months for being a Quaker, but later King Charles II gave him land in America as repayment of a debt owed to his father.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iHeSHGeblQ

Perspectives

Friends and Strangers

Friends and Strangers offers a provocative new look at the transfer of English culture to North America. Setting Pennsylvania in the context of the broader Atlantic phenomenon of creolization, Smolenski's account of the Quaker colony's origins reveals the vital role this process played in creating early American society.