Blessing Opara
Eduard Pedersen
History 120
15 September 2014
Colonization-Collecting and Evaluating the Evidence
In the late seventeenth century Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. A British colony established as a safe haven for Penn and his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania was a colony that promoted religious tolerance as it was established to prevent the religious persecution of Quakers that was happening in England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Pennsylvania was a promise to Quakers and others of different religions that they could settle in an area where they were given the right “to follow their religious beliefs without scorn or fear of violence.” (World Book). From its early colonial years to its independence, Pennsylvania played a …show more content…
Among the original inhabitants were the Susquehannock tribe, Iroquoian-speaking people, who lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland along the Susquehanna River (Duhadaway). The Susquehannock tribe along with the other native tribes: Lenape, Shawnee, Nanticoke, Conoy, and Conestoga were the original inhabitants of the land (Duhadaway). Until the late seventeenth century, when William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn, unlike many of the other Europeans had a very amicable relationship with the natives. In fact their relations made it evident that both the natives and colonists could actually coexist peacefully (Duhadaway). As a matter of fact Penn’s initial act of purchasing Pennsylvania from the natives before he began settling the land; depicted the kind of peaceful coexistent that the Native Americans and the colonists would have (Leiser). Furthermore due to the relations held between the colonists and Native Americans, both groups were able to greatly profit from both trade and from sharing technology and knowledge
Eduard Pedersen
History 120
15 September 2014
Colonization-Collecting and Evaluating the Evidence
In the late seventeenth century Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. A British colony established as a safe haven for Penn and his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania was a colony that promoted religious tolerance as it was established to prevent the religious persecution of Quakers that was happening in England throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth century. Pennsylvania was a promise to Quakers and others of different religions that they could settle in an area where they were given the right “to follow their religious beliefs without scorn or fear of violence.” (World Book). From its early colonial years to its independence, Pennsylvania played a …show more content…
Among the original inhabitants were the Susquehannock tribe, Iroquoian-speaking people, who lived in Pennsylvania and Maryland along the Susquehanna River (Duhadaway). The Susquehannock tribe along with the other native tribes: Lenape, Shawnee, Nanticoke, Conoy, and Conestoga were the original inhabitants of the land (Duhadaway). Until the late seventeenth century, when William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania. Penn, unlike many of the other Europeans had a very amicable relationship with the natives. In fact their relations made it evident that both the natives and colonists could actually coexist peacefully (Duhadaway). As a matter of fact Penn’s initial act of purchasing Pennsylvania from the natives before he began settling the land; depicted the kind of peaceful coexistent that the Native Americans and the colonists would have (Leiser). Furthermore due to the relations held between the colonists and Native Americans, both groups were able to greatly profit from both trade and from sharing technology and knowledge