https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl Come live here! en-us 2017-08-29 12:02:55 UTC 2023-03-28 17:55:33 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Xmastree.png carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553031 Our colony is located in the North Eastern part of our new continent, we are a middle colony.Charles II of England granted the Province of Pennsylvania to William Penn to settle a £16,000 debt that the king owed to Penn's father, making us an English colony that was started in 1682! Pennsylvania was founded by the William Penn.  ]]> 2017-08-29 23:15:54 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553031 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553549 William Penn was the founder of Pennsylvania in 1682. He was a real estate entrepreneur and philosopher. He lived from October 14th 1644 to July 30th 1718. Right after his trans-Atlantic sail, he was given a large pact of land. He named the capital Philadelphia. ]]> 2017-08-29 23:20:33 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553549 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553948 Pennsylvania's lands include mountains and coastal plains. We have very fertile land and soil suitable for farming! Bring your farming supplies! We have a mostly mild climate with warm summers and mild winters that are very well suited for farming and harvesting.  ]]> 2017-08-29 23:23:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183553948 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183554579 We pride ourselves on our colony being rich in diversity. Many European ethnic groups live all close in diversity. These diversities include such as English, Swedes, Dutch, Germans, Scots-Irish and the French. We also contain Native American tribes of Algonkian and Iroquois language groups as well. ]]> 2017-08-29 23:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183554579 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183554971 Our region is the best for the fertile soil we have. We are a big food producing region and a very important part of distributing the food throughout the other colonies since we are kind of in the middle. We are known as a breadbasket colony because simply, we produce a lot of bread! ]]> 2017-08-29 23:31:46 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183554971 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183555215 We are not a colony dominated by a specific religion. We have religious tolerance here. There is religious freedom for Quakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews and others. ]]> 2017-08-29 23:33:43 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183555215 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183557042 Pennsylvania has a number of natural resources to be harvested. They include timber, furs and coal, iron ore, and more. ]]> 2017-08-29 23:48:44 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183557042 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183557424 He was a military hero to Pennsylvania. He was  a Professional soldier who participated in the French and Indian War and Pontiac war. He is one of the major military figures of our colonial era. ]]> 2017-08-29 23:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183557424 carmentelliss https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183568447 The colonial government here in Pennsylvania was established in 1683 with Penn's idea of government.  It included consisted of an appointed Governor, the owner(Penn), a 72-member Provincial Council, and a larger General Assembly.]]> 2017-08-30 01:14:00 UTC https://padlet.com/carmentelliss/xiytvnbzu1dl/wish/183568447