Pennsylvania Vs America Essay

Pennsylvania, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Georgia all play a big role in the development of our country, but they differ in terms of living conditions, weather and religious climate, and job opportunities. For these reasons I selected two of those colonies that I would have lived in and two of those colonies that I would not have lived in. Without the successes and even the downfalls, we would not be where we are today. Out of the various colonies that emerged in the sixteen and 1700’s the two I would pick to move to are Pennsylvania and Maryland. Pennsylvania was a very successful colony. Their climate consisted of warm summers and cool winters, which gave them a much longer growing season than other colonies. Their climate also allowed them to have fertile soil. In a document
In 1681 he created a Frame of Government which “recognized religious freedom for all Christians” (Exploring American Histories, Hewitt and Lawson, pg. 67) and also allowed men who owned property to vote and hold a position in office. Because of the amazing job Penn was doing, “thousands of people (mostly farm families and Quakers) came to Pennsylvania” (Exploring American Histories, Hewitt and Lawson, pg. 67). In fact, according to my textbook, Exploring American Histories by Hewitt and Lawson, due to Penn’s amazing work as a leader, in 1685 Pennsylvania was considered to be the most successful colony out of his proprietary colonies. In the 1720’s a new category of laborers called redemptioners emerged. The redemptioners were “offered loans that would be repaid when the immigrant found a colonial employer” (Exploring American Histories, Hewitt and Lawson, pg. 81). The redemptioners had to work for their employer for a certain amount of time; however, they were allowed to live with their families while doing so. Since “Africans and African Americans were just 5 percent of the northern population from Pennsylvania to New Hampshire in 1750” (Exploring American Histories,