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The Birth of Pennsylvania, a portrait of William Penn (standing with document in hand), who founded the Province of Pennsylvania in 1681 as a refuge for Quakers after receiving a royal deed to it from King Charles II. The history of Pennsylvania stems back thousands of years when the first indigenous peoples occupied the area of present-day ...
It was the first of a series of deadly raids on Pennsylvania settlements by Native Americans allied with the French in the French and Indian War. Of the 26 settlers they found living on Penn's Creek, the Lenape killed 14 and took 11 captive (one man was wounded but managed to escape).
The Province of Pennsylvania, also known as the Pennsylvania Colony, was a British North American colony founded by William Penn, who received the land through a grant from Charles II of England in 1681. The name Pennsylvania was derived from the Latin for "Penn's Woods", referring to William Penn's father Admiral Sir William Penn.
Elementary education was widespread in New England. Early Puritan settlers believed that it was necessary to study the Bible, so children were taught to read at an early age. It was also required that each town pay for a primary school. About 10 percent enjoyed secondary schooling and funded grammar schools in larger towns.
It was 1747, the year in which residents west of the Susquehanna lobbied the PA Assembly to let future York County withdraw from Lancaster County.
Thomas Holme's 1687 map of Pennsylvania. "The Welch Tract" appears to the left of center. In the late 17th century, there was significant Welsh immigration to Pennsylvania for religious and cultural reasons. In about 1681, a group of Welsh Quakers met with William Penn to secure a land grant to conduct their affairs in their language.
Waxhaw Presbyterian Church was built here in 1759, indicating the presence of an early Scotch-Irish settlement. [110] Town possibly named by settlers from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. US-521 + US-521Bus: Main St + Kershaw Camden Hwy: 18 miles (29 km) Fording Bear Creek (now a bridge). Kershaw, South Carolina (estab. 1732) US-521 Bus + US-521
These settlers established three main areas. The first settlement was Massanutten, a Mennonite colony near Luray, in what is today Page County. During the Seven Years' War, these settlements were nearly destroyed by Native Americans allied with combatants and seeking to expel settlers from the valley. Many Mennonites returned to Pennsylvania.