FYI: This week in American History I studied about William Penn, Pennsylviania, and Maryland. Here's an essay I wrote on them...
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Amid many colonies, two that would be more successful were called Maryland and Pennsylvania.
There were several envious and good qualities of these colonies.
Maryland was an English colony. Named after Charles I’s wife, it was to be Catholic ruled, and George Calvert was to govern. Calvert, or Lord Baltimore, was so important to the king that he had him on his royal council. The bulk of the population was indentured servants, who would gain their freedom after a certain number of years’ work. Maryland succeeded because of several reasons: there was a good climate, great soil, crucial water transportation, and liberal land policies.
The interesting thing about Maryland was that while it was Catholic ruled, more Anglicans than Catholics came!
This problem came to a conclusion in the Toleration Act of 1649, which stated that everyone could believe what they wanted and have religious freedom.
Charles II was giving huge tracts of land to people he liked. Land in the New World, to be exact. One of the people he liked was an admiral named William Penn. When Admiral Pen died, he asked Charles II to look out for his son, William Penn, Jr. Charles II gave young William a huge tract of land in the New World, and named it “Pennsylvania” after Admiral Penn. William Jr. became a Quaker, and invited all Quakers to come to his colony.
William Penn, Jr. set up the “City of Brotherly Love”, Philadelphia. The city was all neatly laid out, and you could tell that Penn had put much thought into it.
The Quakers came in droves. Welsh, Swiss, Dutch, and German Quakers all came. And no wonder! Pennsylvania was an ideal colony. There was no swearing, all men were treated equal, and the Indians were treated like humans, not savages. Kings could not believe that Pennsylvania had no militia! In Pennsylvania, there was self government, freedom of thought, and justice for everyone. Pennsylvania was a model colony.
Two colonies were now established, with envious qualities in each. In Maryland there was religious freedom, despite the fact that the colonists and government believed different. Pennsylvania included some grand ideas, such as the Indians as friends, self-government, justice for everyone, and freedom of thought. Of course this included religious freedom. Both colonies have good qualities, and because of these and good locations, will be more prosperous than Roanoke or others.
There were several envious and good qualities of these colonies.
Maryland was an English colony. Named after Charles I’s wife, it was to be Catholic ruled, and George Calvert was to govern. Calvert, or Lord Baltimore, was so important to the king that he had him on his royal council. The bulk of the population was indentured servants, who would gain their freedom after a certain number of years’ work. Maryland succeeded because of several reasons: there was a good climate, great soil, crucial water transportation, and liberal land policies.
The interesting thing about Maryland was that while it was Catholic ruled, more Anglicans than Catholics came!
This problem came to a conclusion in the Toleration Act of 1649, which stated that everyone could believe what they wanted and have religious freedom.
Charles II was giving huge tracts of land to people he liked. Land in the New World, to be exact. One of the people he liked was an admiral named William Penn. When Admiral Pen died, he asked Charles II to look out for his son, William Penn, Jr. Charles II gave young William a huge tract of land in the New World, and named it “Pennsylvania” after Admiral Penn. William Jr. became a Quaker, and invited all Quakers to come to his colony.
William Penn, Jr. set up the “City of Brotherly Love”, Philadelphia. The city was all neatly laid out, and you could tell that Penn had put much thought into it.
The Quakers came in droves. Welsh, Swiss, Dutch, and German Quakers all came. And no wonder! Pennsylvania was an ideal colony. There was no swearing, all men were treated equal, and the Indians were treated like humans, not savages. Kings could not believe that Pennsylvania had no militia! In Pennsylvania, there was self government, freedom of thought, and justice for everyone. Pennsylvania was a model colony.
Two colonies were now established, with envious qualities in each. In Maryland there was religious freedom, despite the fact that the colonists and government believed different. Pennsylvania included some grand ideas, such as the Indians as friends, self-government, justice for everyone, and freedom of thought. Of course this included religious freedom. Both colonies have good qualities, and because of these and good locations, will be more prosperous than Roanoke or others.
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