Pennsylvania

=Pennsylvania= [|Pennsylvania] (Additional Information)
 * Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 by the english king who granted a charter to William Penn.[[image:3431-004-133BE72B.gif align="right"]]
 * The first settlement founded in Pennsylvania was Philadelphia.
 * English Quakers founded Pennsylvania for religious tolerance.
 * The major economic activities of Pennsylvania were general farming and iron working. [[image:Pennsylvania.gif width="246" height="174" align="right"]]
 * Pennsylvania was a proprietary charter.
 * The early settlements in 1647 were settled by the Swedish, Finnish, and dutch.
 * A proprietary charter is given to a person as a land grant, and they could run it any way they wanted.
 * Proprietary colonies are similar to Royal colonies, but proprietors made most of the decisions.
 * Pennsylvania's current capital is Harrisburg


 * William Penn: **

William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania and was born in 1644. He was an English Quaker that wanted religious tolerance along with many other Quakers in Great Britain at the time. Quakers refused to recognize social ranks or pay taxes going towards war. Penn was granted the charter to offset a €16,000 debt owed to his father, Admiral Penn. In 1699 he crossed the Atlantic to visit his family in Pennsylvania. When he came back to Pennsylvania he lost his wife, eldest son, his fortune, and he was accused of treason.