Author: Jean R. Soderlund
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512821497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make his colony "the seed of the nation." Penn wanted his Pennsylvania to be a land where people of differing languages and customs could live together, where men and women could worship as they pleased, where men could participate fully in their government. Such a land, Penn believed, would indeed be blessed. Beginning with his petition to the king in May 1680 and ending with his departure to England in August 1684, this book contains the most important documents describing the founding of Pennsylvania. The letters, orders, petitions, charters, laws, pamphlets, maps, constitutional drafts, legislative journals, newspaper articles, memoranda, deeds, and other business records assembled here include Penn's own explanations of his desire to found a Quaker colony, his invitation to settlers, and his design for government.
William Penn and the Founding of Pennsylvania
Author: Jean R. Soderlund
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512821497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make his colony "the seed of the nation." Penn wanted his Pennsylvania to be a land where people of differing languages and customs could live together, where men and women could worship as they pleased, where men could participate fully in their government. Such a land, Penn believed, would indeed be blessed. Beginning with his petition to the king in May 1680 and ending with his departure to England in August 1684, this book contains the most important documents describing the founding of Pennsylvania. The letters, orders, petitions, charters, laws, pamphlets, maps, constitutional drafts, legislative journals, newspaper articles, memoranda, deeds, and other business records assembled here include Penn's own explanations of his desire to found a Quaker colony, his invitation to settlers, and his design for government.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512821497
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
On March 5, 1681, one day after receiving his royal charter for Pennsylvania, William Penn wrote that he believed God would make his colony "the seed of the nation." Penn wanted his Pennsylvania to be a land where people of differing languages and customs could live together, where men and women could worship as they pleased, where men could participate fully in their government. Such a land, Penn believed, would indeed be blessed. Beginning with his petition to the king in May 1680 and ending with his departure to England in August 1684, this book contains the most important documents describing the founding of Pennsylvania. The letters, orders, petitions, charters, laws, pamphlets, maps, constitutional drafts, legislative journals, newspaper articles, memoranda, deeds, and other business records assembled here include Penn's own explanations of his desire to found a Quaker colony, his invitation to settlers, and his design for government.
William Penn
Author: Ryan Jacobson
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0736865012
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution. Written in graphic-novel format.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 0736865012
Category : Graphic novels
Languages : en
Pages : 19
Book Description
Tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution. Written in graphic-novel format.
William Penn, Founder of Pennsylvania
Author: Steven Kroll
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823414390
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of William Penn, founder of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania, who struggled throughout his life for the freedom to practice his religion.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780823414390
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A biography of William Penn, founder of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania, who struggled throughout his life for the freedom to practice his religion.
William Penn
Author: Barbara A. Somervill
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756517885
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A biography of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Capstone
ISBN: 9780756517885
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A biography of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania.
The Colony of Pennsylvania
Author: David Martin
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499405723
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This volume invites readers to step back in time to colonial Pennsylvania, in whose storied history we can find the origins of the United States. This comprehensive look at Pennsylvania’s colonial era covers its Quaker origins, early industry, its unique social and religious climate, and the role it played in America’s most important revolutionary events. Readers will learn about key historical figures, such as William Penn and Benjamin Franklin, as well as monumental historical events that took place in Pennsylvania, including the meeting of the First and Second Continental Congresses, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and more. Primary sources, maps, and period-specific artwork transport readers back in time to the second state’s legendary colonial history.
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN: 1499405723
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
This volume invites readers to step back in time to colonial Pennsylvania, in whose storied history we can find the origins of the United States. This comprehensive look at Pennsylvania’s colonial era covers its Quaker origins, early industry, its unique social and religious climate, and the role it played in America’s most important revolutionary events. Readers will learn about key historical figures, such as William Penn and Benjamin Franklin, as well as monumental historical events that took place in Pennsylvania, including the meeting of the First and Second Continental Congresses, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and more. Primary sources, maps, and period-specific artwork transport readers back in time to the second state’s legendary colonial history.
The Life of William Penn
Author: Mason Locke Weems
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
William Penn
Author: Andrew R. Murphy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190234245
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
"It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist"--
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0190234245
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
"It may surprise many that William Penn, who founded one of the thirteen original American colonies, spent just four years on American soil. Even more surprising, though, is Penn's remarkable impact on the fundamental principles of religious freedom on both sides of the Atlantic, especially given his tumultuous life: from his youthful radicalism as leader of the Quaker movement to his role as governor and proprietor of a major American colony; from royal courtier to alleged traitor to the Crown. In the first major biography of this important transatlantic figure in more than forty years, Andrew R. Murphy takes readers through the defiant and complex life of a religious dissenter, political theorist, and social activist"--
William Penn's "holy Experiment"
Author: Edwin B. Bronner
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An explanation of Pennsylvania history between the years 1681 and 1701. The chapters contain material about the religion, the philosophy, the economic life, and the social life of the people in Pennsylvania.
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
An explanation of Pennsylvania history between the years 1681 and 1701. The chapters contain material about the religion, the philosophy, the economic life, and the social life of the people in Pennsylvania.
William Penn: Political Writings
Author: Andrew R. Murphy
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108752292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
William Penn (1644-1718) – Quaker activist, theorist of liberty of conscience, and colonial founder and proprietor – played a central role in the movement for religious liberty on both sides of the Atlantic for more than four decades. This volume presents, for the first time, a fully annotated scholarly edition of Penn's political writings over the course of his long public career, tracing his thinking from his early theorisation of religious toleration and liberty of conscience in England, as a leading member of the Society of Friends during the 1670s, to his colonial undertaking in Pennsylvania a decade later, his controversial role in the years leading up to the 1688 Revolution, and the ongoing consequences of that Revolution to his future prospects. Penn's political writings provide an illuminating window into the increasingly sophisticated and influential movement for liberty of conscience in the early modern world.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108752292
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
William Penn (1644-1718) – Quaker activist, theorist of liberty of conscience, and colonial founder and proprietor – played a central role in the movement for religious liberty on both sides of the Atlantic for more than four decades. This volume presents, for the first time, a fully annotated scholarly edition of Penn's political writings over the course of his long public career, tracing his thinking from his early theorisation of religious toleration and liberty of conscience in England, as a leading member of the Society of Friends during the 1670s, to his colonial undertaking in Pennsylvania a decade later, his controversial role in the years leading up to the 1688 Revolution, and the ongoing consequences of that Revolution to his future prospects. Penn's political writings provide an illuminating window into the increasingly sophisticated and influential movement for liberty of conscience in the early modern world.
William Penn
Author: Ryan Jacobson
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 0736896651
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution. Written in graphic-novel format.
Publisher: Capstone Classroom
ISBN: 0736896651
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 33
Book Description
Tells the story of Quaker leader William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, whose ideas about government influenced the U.S. Constitution. Written in graphic-novel format.