Life In Colonial Pennsylvania

Life In Colonial Pennsylvania

New Immigrants

• Men, women and children were willing to risk their lives to come to Pennsylvania just as William Penn and the Quakers had done

• They came to search for a better life, land, jobs, money, faith

• Many of these people came from the European countries of Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, and England

• Immigrant- a person who comes to live in a new land from another place

German Settlers

• The first German settlers to come to Pennsylvania were called the Mennonites

• The Mennonites were very similar to the Quakers but wanted to live apart from other religions

• Mennonites settled in Germantown 1683 and Lancaster in 1710

• Amish came to Lancaster in 1737

Indentured Servants

• An indentured servant is a person agreed to work for someone for a fixed amount of time to pay for the trip across the ocean

• Some indentured servants worked to clear land for settlements. Others could have worked in printing or watch making

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Philadelphia

• Philadelphia continues to grow

• By 1775 Philadelphia was the largest city in the English colonies with a population of 35,000

• Most houses were 2 stories high and made of red brick

Benjamin Franklin

• Ben was Philadelphia’s most famous citizen

• Born in Boston in 1706 he ran away to Philadelphia when he was 17

• Started his own printing business and became published in the Pennsylvania Gazette

• Published the Poor Richard’s Almanac

• Was a major helper in writing the Declaration of Independence

• Died and is buried in Philadelphia

Multiple Choice

An immigrant is a person who comes to live in a new land from another place

• True

• False

Multiple Select

Pick all that apply. Many immigrants came from this European Country

• Ireland

• Germany

• Switzerland

• England

Multiple Choice

The first German Settlers that came to Pennsylvania were called

• Pennsylvanian’s

• Aliens

• Mennonites

Multiple Choice

An indentured servant is a person agreed to work for someone for a fixed amount of time to pay for the trip across the ocean

• False

• True

Multiple Select

What were some of the indentured servants jobs

• Clear land for settlement

• Worked in printing

• Made watches

Multiple Choice

What were the houses in Philadelphia made of

• Sticks

• Mud

• red bricks

Multiple Choice

Ben Franklin was Philadelphia’s most famous citizen

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Ben Franklin helped to write the Declaration of Independence

• False

• True