PA History CH 3

Philadelphia

"City of Brotherly Love"

Christopher Columbus

(1451-1506) Sailed for Spain. In 1492, he accidentally landed in the Americas instead of reaching the East Indies.

Amerigo Vespucci

(1454-1521, Italian) America was named after him; first to realize that the Americas were a different continent that Asia

Pacifist

(n.) one who is against war or the use of violence; (adj.) opposing war or violence

New Sweden

1638; Name of the colony that Swedish settlers settled in parts of PA, NJ, and Delaware

First Frame of Government

1683, The framework of government in colonial Pennsylvania, it established a representative government and said that any land owning man could participate. It was an important early step towards establishing democracy in America.

Benjamin Franklin

1706- 1790 He was born in Boston but ran away to Philadelphia at age 17 and made it home. , Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity.

indentured servant

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Peter Stuyvesant

Conqueror of New Sweden who later lost New Netherland to the English

Tamanend

Delaware Chief who met with Penn and agreed to be peaceful, Lenni Lenape chief who established peaceful relations with William Penn and the Pennsylvania colony

George Fox

English religious leader who founded the Society of Friends (1624-1691)

Conrad Beissel

German-born religious leader who in 1732 founded the Ephrata Community in Pennsylvania

Big Tub

Johan Printz; First Governor of New Sweden

Charles II

King who granted William Penn the Charter for Pennsylvania

Johan Rising

Lost control of New Sweden, replaced Johan Printz as governor of New Sweden in 1654.

Pennsylvania

Means "Penn's Woods"

Church of England

National Religion of England, In the 1500s, a law was passed that all people should belong to this religion

Quakers

Nickname of the Society of Friends A group of religious pacifists who were persecuted in Europe. William Penn established Pennsylvania as a safe haven for Quakers.

Holy Experiment

Penn's experiment letting there be free religion and free government in Pennsylvania

Defense Quakers

Quakers who promoted funds to arm soldiers and buy guns

Stiffrumps

Quakers who were opposed to war

Henry Hudson

Sailed up the Delaware River; Hudson River and New York; Discovered what today is known as the Hudson River. Sailed for the Dutch even though he was originally from England. He was looking for a northwest passage through North America.

Second Frame of Government

The new constitution called that Penn made that gave less power to the governor.

Great Law

These were based on Quaker beliefs; Penn's set of laws to rule his colony. Includes no work on Sundays and to provide care for poor people and orphans

Assembly

This group had the right to make all laws.

conversion

To change from one religion to another

Charter of Privileges

William Penn's third law that allowed the colony to suggest laws to England

William Penn

an English Quaker, founded Pennsylvania in 1682, after receiving a charter from King Charles II the year before. He launched the colony as a "holy experiment" based on religious tolerance.

Francis Pastorius

led a groups of Germans who founded Germantown

Hannah Penn

took over the leadership of the Pennsylvania after William Penn died