Download or read book The Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 written by John Paul Selsam and published by Octagon Press, Limited. This book was released on 1971 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally presented as the author's thesis, Princeton University, 1930. Bibliography: p. 260-266.
Download or read book The Proceedings Relative to Calling the Conventions of 1776 and 1790 written by Pennsylvania and published by . This book was released on 1825 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Pennsylvania written by Roberta Wiener and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2005 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed look at the formation of the colony of Pennsylvania, its government, and its overall history, plus a prologue on world events in 1681 and an epilogue on Pennsylvania today.
Download or read book Pennsylvania 1776 written by Robert Secor and published by Penn State University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portrays life as it was at the time of the Declaration of Independence in Pennsylvania in words and pictures.
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Download or read book The Pennsylvania Constitution Of 1776 written by J. Paul Selsam and published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection. This book was released on 1936-01-29 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an account of the rebellion of the unprotected frontiersmen and the unfranchised artisans, who constituted two-thirds of the population in Pennsylvania, against the Quaker property owners in their attempt to achieve a voice in the government and establish a liberal constitution in 1776.
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Download or read book Pennsylvania the Colonial Years 1681 1776 written by Joseph J. Kelley and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 1980 with total page 888 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Storm Gathering written by Lorett Treese and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1992-10-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Treese's book provides a popular history of Pennsylvania during the Revolutionary period from the vantage point of the heirs of William Penn. Most Pennsylvanians are familiar with the story of William Penn and the founding of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a haven for religious dissenters. But few may know what became of Penn's enterprise (the "proprietorship") in the years after his death in 1718. And fewer still may realize that Penn's descendants played an important, and increasingly unpopular, role in the coming of the American Revolution to Pennsylvania. The Storm Gathering, based on Penn family correspondence and other contemporary records, tells this fascinating story, focusing primarily on Thomas and John Penn, two of the last members of the Penn family to figure significantly in Pennsylvania's affairs before the colonies declared independence in 1776. Lorett Treese begins her story with Thomas Penn, William Penn's son who eventually became chief proprietor. Thomas groomed his nephew John (sometimes called "indolent") to be governor of the colony. When John took up his duties in 1763, at the end of the French and Indian War, the Penn proprietorship faced serious problems in managing Pennsylvania. The sheer size of the colony made it difficult for the Penns to collect their rents, and settlers moving westward clashed with Indians on the frontier, threatening the peaceful relationship that William Penn had established with native peoples. A stubborn legislature resisted Penn family control at nearly every turn, and Ben Franklin led an effort to thwart the Penns and make Pennsylvania a royal colony. According to Treese, these domestic problems diverted the Penns' attention from the growing movement in America toward democracy and independence. But by 1768, after the British parliament had passed the Townshend Act taxing the American colonies, John Penn and his uncle Thomas began to realize the magnitude of their troubles, referring to the growing rift between America and Britain as "the Storm gathering." Events began to overtake the Penns by 1775. In that year Thomas Penn died, and the bloodshed at Lexington and Concord brought war closer. In Pennsylvania, John Penn wrote that "The people here are forming themselves into companies & are daily exercising in order to be prepared for the worst." When the Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia that summer, John knew that the end of Penn leadership was near. "Our form of government still continues," he wrote, "but I think it cannot last long . . . ." In 1776, as radical sentiment grew, the colonies declared independence from England, and Pennsylvania rewrote its constitution, divesting the Penn family of governing powers and making the colony a commonwealth. When war broke out, radical patriots forced John Penn into exile, and he eventually retired to his country home where he waited out the war. Treese concludes this engaging story with the end of the Revolution and its aftermath. While Pennsylvanians began the difficult work of reconstructing their government, the Penns attempted to salvage their personal fortunes. Many former officers of the Penn establishment participated again in government, but Penn family members were pushed outside of American government.
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Download or read book Pennsylvania s Revolution written by William Pencak and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas of the state; and new historical perspectives on the American and British armies during the Valley Forge winter"--Provided by publisher.
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Download or read book A Primary Source History of the Colony of Pennsylvania written by G. S. Prentzas and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2005-12-15 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maps, documents, and artwork are used to introduce the history of Pennsylvania to the time of the American Revolution.
