Early Settlers Early Penna. Quakers Penna. Dutch Amish
What were Penn’s Holy Experiment’s 4 main points?
Religious freedom, everyone equal, voice in government, cheap land.
What job did earliest Pennsylvanians have?
Farmers.
Define Ethnic
Being part of a religious, racial, or national group.
Define Prejudiced
Disliking or hating people for no real reason, who are different than you.
Define Immigrant
People who move from one country to another.
What did Pennsylvania mean?
Penn’s Woods
Why was it so difficult to farm in Pennsylvania?
Pennsylvania was covered in forrests.
What happened because so many people migrated to Pennsylvania?
The need for blacksmiths, shoemakers, carpenters, and store keepers developed.
What was the wood from the cleared forests used for?
What was home building, furniture, and home fuel/heat.
Because of the large population in Philadelphia, what developed that still goes on today?
The port of Philadelphia and trading with England first and then around the world.
Who started the Quakers in England and when?
Who was Jon Fox and three years after Wm. Penn was born in 1647.
What were they first called?
What is Society of Friends.
Where did they worship?
What were Quaker Meeting Houses.
What did Quakers believe should happen to prisoners?
You should be taught a trade and become a useful member of society.
What were Indentured Servants?
Immigrants who could not pay for the trip across the ocean, and had to pay off their debt in 7 years.
Who were the Penna. Dutch?
The largest group of German and Swiss settlers in Penna.
The Mennonites were led by the teachings of _ _ _ _ _?
Menno Simons.
Who formed his own religious group in Switzerland after leaving the Mennonites?
Jakob Amman.
This group that left the Mennonites and were formed by Jakob Amman were named what?
The Ammish.
Why are they called the “plain people” or the “gentle people”?
Because of their simple way of life and they do not believe in war.
What is a Hex Sign
A colorful design on the outside of a Mennonite’s barn, because they don’t believe in putting this type of design in their homes.
What are some of the Amish beliefs?
They dress in simple hand made clothing, the outside world is wicked and evil, they do not drive cars, or use electricity.
What is a barn raising?
A barn that has it’s walls and roofs pre-build, so the can literally be raised up off the ground in one piece and be put together in one day.
What is shunning?
When someone breaks the rules of the Amish life style, they are not spoken to and treated as outcasts.
Where did the Pennsylvania Dutch first settle and still live today?
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.