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== Pennsylvania ==

== Pennsylvania ==

=== History ===

=== History ===

==== Beginnings =====

==== Beginnings ====

[[Image:PennReceivesCharter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|William Penn receiving the Charter of Pennsylvania from King Charles II.]]

[[Image:PennReceivesCharter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|William Penn receiving the Charter of Pennsylvania from King Charles II.]]

Due to intense religious persecution of Penn's Quakers in [[England]], Penn and other prominent Quakers prepared for an emigration to [[America]], purchasing West Jersey in 1677, and later East Jersey in 1682 (the halves of [[New Jersey]]).<ref name=janney /> Penn in May 1680<ref name=phmc /> petitioned [[King Charles II]] for land between Lord Baltimore's province of Maryland, and the province of York belonging to the Duke of York.<ref name=founding /> Penn agreed to forgive the Crown its £16,000 debt due the Penn family in exchange for land on which to build a colony for England's persecuted minorities.<ref name=phmc /> On March 4, 1681, King Charles II granted a generous [[charter]] to Penn which was officially proclaimed on April 2, making him the [[sole proprietor]] of modern-day Pennsylvania, in addition to the Jersey territory they had purchased.<ref>"[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa01.asp Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania-1681]." Lillian Goldman Law Library. ''Yale Law School''. The Avalon Project. Accessed April 18, 2012.</ref> In 1682, the Duke of York, later King James II of England, also gave to Penn the state of Delaware as well,<ref name=founding /> a total of more than 16 million acres. While Penn wanted the new territory named "New Wales" or "Silvania" ([[Latin]] for 'forest'), King Charles II insisted that it be called Pennsylvania in honor of Penn's father, the Admiral.<ref name=phmc /> In 1682 another royal grant included what later became the state of Delaware.

Due to intense religious persecution of Penn's Quakers in [[England]], Penn and other prominent Quakers prepared for an emigration to [[America]], purchasing West Jersey in 1677, and later East Jersey in 1682 (the halves of [[New Jersey]]).<ref name=janney /> Penn in May 1680<ref name=phmc /> petitioned [[King Charles II]] for land between Lord Baltimore's province of Maryland, and the province of York belonging to the Duke of York.<ref name=founding /> Penn agreed to forgive the Crown its £16,000 debt due the Penn family in exchange for land on which to build a colony for England's persecuted minorities.<ref name=phmc /> On March 4, 1681, King Charles II granted a generous [[charter]] to Penn which was officially proclaimed on April 2, making him the [[sole proprietor]] of modern-day Pennsylvania, in addition to the Jersey territory they had purchased.<ref>"[http://avalon.law.yale.edu/17th_century/pa01.asp Charter for the Province of Pennsylvania-1681]." Lillian Goldman Law Library. ''Yale Law School''. The Avalon Project. Accessed April 18, 2012.</ref> In 1682, the Duke of York, later King James II of England, also gave to Penn the state of Delaware as well,<ref name=founding /> a total of more than 16 million acres. While Penn wanted the new territory named "New Wales" or "Silvania" ([[Latin]] for 'forest'), King Charles II insisted that it be called Pennsylvania in honor of Penn's father, the Admiral.<ref name=phmc /> In 1682 another royal grant included what later became the state of Delaware.

==== Early History ====

==== Early History ====

Penn promoted successful Quaker colonization in New Jersey, for which he designed the famous "Concession and Agreements," his earliest governmental program. By the charter for Pennsylvania Penn was made proprietary ruler of the province. He was supreme governor with the power of making laws with the advice of the freemen, of appointing officers, and of granting pardons. The laws were to contain nothing contrary to English law, appeals were possible to the Crown and the Privy Council. Parliament was to be supreme in all questions of trade and commerce; the right to levy taxes and customs was reserved to England, and an agent to represent Penn was to reside in London. In case of neglect on the part of Penn, the Crown could reclaim the colony (as happened in 1692-94).

Penn promoted successful Quaker colonization in New Jersey, for which he designed the famous "Concession and Agreements," his earliest governmental program. By the charter for Pennsylvania Penn was made proprietary ruler of the province. He was supreme governor with the power of making laws with the advice of the freemen, of appointing officers, and of granting pardons. The laws were to contain nothing contrary to English law, appeals were possible to the Crown and the Privy Council. Parliament was to be supreme in all questions of trade and commerce; the right to levy taxes and customs was reserved to England, and an agent to represent Penn was to reside in London. In case of neglect on the part of Penn, the Crown could reclaim the colony (as happened in 1692-94).