Pennsylvania as a Colony
(At the end of this unit you should know, understand, and be able to do the following :)
Know
Understand
Do
William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania
Quaker
William Penn
Admiral Penn
Anglican
Society of Friends
King Charles II
persecution
charter
debt
religious toleration
William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania
William Penn formed a colony in
Pennsylvania to provide basic freedoms to
all people.
William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania
Explain why William Penn was given land
in Pennsylvania.
William Penn: Contributions
equality
values
trial by jury
treaty
freedom
religious toleration
Walking Purchase
The Great Law
William Penn: Contributions
William Penn’s Quaker beliefs help him to
organize a government for the colony.
The Walking Purchase influenced the
problems with the Native Americans.
William Penn: Contributions
Describe how William Penn’s beliefs
contributed to the government.
Describe how the Walking Purchase had
an effect on the Native Americans.
Social and Religious Groups
settler
settlement
colony
colonist
English Quakers
Welsh Quakers
Germans
Scots-Irish
Indentured Servants immigrants
Social and Religious Groups
William Penn encouraged diversity by
welcoming social and religious groups.
Social and Religious Groups
Name the social and religious groups that
William Penn encouraged to settle in
Pennsylvania.
Describe what an indentured servant is.
Pennsyvlania as a Colony
Key Learning: William Penn formed a colony to provide the basic freedoms to all people.
Unit Essential Question: Why were people willing to leave their homes to come to Pennsylvania?
William Penn: Founder of Pennsylvania
Lesson Essential Questions:

Why did William Penn form a
colony in Pennsylvania?
(pages 100-102)
Vocabulary:
Quaker
Admiral Penn
Society of Friends
persecution
debt
William Penn
Anglican
King Charles II
charter
religious toleration
William Penn: Contributions
Lesson Essential Questions:

How did William Penn organize the
government? (p. 103-107)

What interactions did the Native
Americans have with William Penn
and early settlers? (p. 107-109)

What basic ideas did William Penn
have that influenced our society?
(p. 100-112)

What were William Penn’s plans for a
capital city? (p. 110-111)
Vocabulary:
equality
trial by jury
freedom
Walking Purchase
The Great Law
values
treaty
religious toleration
Social and Religious Groups
Lesson Essential Questions:

Who were the early European settlers
and how did they influence life in
Pennsylvania today?
(p. 113-119)
Vocabulary:
settler
colony
English Quakers
Germans
Indentured Servants
settlement
colonist
Welsh Quakers
Scots-Irish
immigrants