Vocabulary
The ending of slavery
abolition
Became governor of Pennsylvania after William Penn died
His wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn
People came to Pennsylvania from France, the Netherlands, and
Sweden
would work on farms or businesses without pay for 5-7 years in exchange for passage to the colonies. They would be free after they served their time
Indentured servants
were crafts people who made colorful quilts, furniture and other household objects.
Amish or PA Dutch
purchase
to buy something
PA was built between 2 rivers
Schuylkill & Delaware
ended many years of peace between the colonists and the Native Americans.
the walking purchase
slaves were people kidnapped from
Africa
The Pennsylvania Dutch are from this country
Germany
squatter
covered wagons used to bring good across a creek
Conestoga wagons
John and Thomas, William Penn’s sons, used __________________ papers to steal land from the Lenape people.
forged, fake
banned from attending meetings and urged people to free their slaves.
quakers
Explain why they called the Pennsylvania Dutch if they are German
The word for German in German is Deutch which sounds like Dutch and people misunderstood them
an accepted way of doing things from different kinds of people/ cultures
custom
Penn planned for Philadelphia to be a place for ______________________
merchants
What happened to the Native Americans when Penn was not around to protect them
pushed out of their homes, moved west
The Quakers created the Pennsylvania Abolition Society to
help people who had been freed from slavery
The Pennsylvania Dutch continued what custom from their homeland
crafts, building furniture
The farthest edge of a settlement, where the wilderness begins
frontier
Philadelphia was the first city to have _____, ______, _________
a library, a magazine and a law school
Explain the walking purchase
3 men running in stead of 2 men walking, cheated and lied to get more land for themselves and push Native Americans out
The route across the Atlantic Ocean was called the
middle passage
Today, what are the PA Dutch like?
don't use electricity, ride on horses, farm, build things, crafts, wear simple clothes, etc.