Colonial Pennsylvania
An original American Colony
Pennsylvania before it was a successful colony
The naming of the new colony
Jobs in the colony
Ship Builders
Lumberers
Farmers
This colony was one of the most advertised colonies
People in Pennsylvania
Immigrants mostly came from England, Ireland, Wales, Holland and Germany. Enslaved Africans were brought over mostly by English, Welsh, and Scotch-Irish. Some influential people in this colony were Benjamin Franklin, who created colonial script, William Penn, who was the founder and absolute proprietor of the colony, and John Rush, who established the first college in colonial Pennsylvania.
The one and only Pennsylvania
Big events
A religious colony
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