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Samuel de Champlain was a French explorer who had been in the area since 1608, but before this the Netherlands and Sweden had also made claims that it was their colony. But soon saying that John Cabot claimed the land in 1479 they had won the dispute against them and William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a haven for his fellow Quakers.

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Religious Pennsylvania Practices In Church

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Pennsylvania welcomed settlers seeking religious freedom. The capital (Philadelphia) was named the "City of Brotherly Love." Half of the nations had regarded themselves as religious and the majority were Protestants. Many other religions such as Jewish Islam and Methodist were also practiced through the state. Pennsylvania was a haven for for people suffering from religious persecution.

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There were mostly English Quakers who had followed Penn to the colony, many other protestants being persecuted by Catholics in Europe had followed, Lutherans, Amish, Moravians, and Mennonites. There were Presbyterians from Ireland and Scotland, Jews from all over Europe, and Huguenots from France. Many Quakers were Irish and Welsh, and they settled in the area immediately outside of Philadelphia. French Huguenot and Jewish settlers, together with Dutch, Swedes, and other groups, contributed in smaller numbers to the development of colonial Pennsylvania.

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March 4 1681 Charles II of England had granted William Penn the Province of Pennsylvania to settle a debt that Penn's father owned to the king. Pennsylvania was originally founded for Quakers to worship freely or a place of religious tolerance and was finally founded on December 12, 1787. Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers.  After the war, Pennsylvania became the second state, after Delaware, to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

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The Colony known as Pennsylvania was covered in Rolling Hills with many trees in the area and very fertile soil. The Climate was very different during the year. This means that it is good for the colonists because they won't be freezing all year either or hot. With hot and humid summers and cold snowy winters. They had coastal plains, mountains, and plateaus, there were lots of low-lying hills and river valleys with long winters and summers and the average temperature is around 50 degrees Fahrenheit. This colony also has mountains, plateaus, and land suitable for farming. Natural resources in the Pennsylvania Colony included iron ore, coal, furs, forest, and farmland.

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The economy of the colony of pennsylvania was very well organized. Most of the colonists were farmers who raised vegetables, corn, and wheat and grazed dairy cattle. Also there were only a few merchants and tradesmen in the towns. A few colonists were in the lumber business, selling timber for shipbuilding and export to england, and clearing trees for farmland. Pennsylvania was ranked a leading agricultural area. By the 1750s an exceptionally prosperous farming area had developed in southeastern Pennsylvania. Wheat and corn were the leading crops, though rye, hemp, and flax were also important. This shows that the economy in pennsylvania was very organized.

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Pennsylvania gave settlers political freedom and self-government. 200 men were elected representatives to the Pennsylvania General Assembly each year. These representatives would vote on laws proposed by the Provincial Council which consists of 72 men who were elected each year. All taxpaying freemen could vote, and the representative legislature with most votes or popularly elected officials.

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Pennsylvania and the other colonies each had their own money systems. This encouraged trade between Pennsylvania's settlers which could have created relationships with each other and it would be less complex.  Lots of people loved Pennsylvania and liked to live there.

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The land of religious freedom and growth.