Running head: THE LENAPE INDIANS The Lenape Indians Pennsylvania and Local History The Lenape Indians The Delaware River‚ named after Sir Thomas West‚ Lord de la Warr the governor of the Jamestown colony‚ flows from the Catskill Mountains in New York to the Delaware Bay along the borders of New Jersey and Delaware. The Delaware River meanders along and forms the boundary of present-day Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The first known inhabitants living along the banks of the Delaware
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and is trying to determine which one she should accept. Both employers offer similar benefits and working conditions‚ but the jobs are in two different states. Rita will move to the state in which she accepts a position. The first position is in Pennsylvania. Rita would earn $50‚000 a year‚ and she could purchase a starter duplex in the older part of the city for about $75‚000. Property taxes equal about 3.5% of assessed value. Assessed value is normally 85% of market value. The state sales tax rate
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Benjamin frankin was born in January 17 1706 to Josiah and Abiah Franklin. Josiah wanted to send Benjamin to school to become a clergy man. But he could only pay for one year. Benjamin loved to read so he took an apprenticeship with his older brother James. When Benjamin was 12 years old he would help his older brother work on the printer press. Then he would go out and sell pamphlets and prints on the street. When Benjamin was 15 his brother started his own printing company called “The new England
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Charter to Sir Walter Raleigh : 1584 Everybody remembers Jamestown‚ Capt. John Smith‚ Pocahontas and all the rest. But do you remember Roanoke? In 1585‚ after a small scouting expedition had returned from North America with two Native Americans and many astonishing stories‚ Sir Walter Raleigh tried to establish a colony called Roanoke in the land which the British named "Virginia"‚ in honor of Elizabeth‚ the Virgin Queen. The site was actually an island on North America’s eastern seaboard protected
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Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents. He became well known around the globe for his jobs as being an inventor‚ printer‚ scientist‚ diplomat‚ postmaster‚ and politician. He was the most known for drafting the Declaration of Independence with other founding fathers. Ben gave huge contributions to our world during his time living. He was born on January 17‚ 1706 in Boston‚ Massachusetts. Out of all his siblings‚ he was the favorite of his parents‚ Josiah Franklin and Abiah Folger.
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Using examples from Pennsylvania and elsewhere demonstrate how greater freedom for some colonists meant less freedom for others. 300 to 600 words Freedom and lack of freedom co-existed in seventeenth century America because of English rule domination over Dutch rule in the colony of New York and the lack of English rule in the Pennsylvania colony. Once English rule spread to New York‚ it expanded the freedom of some New Yorkers and greatly reduced the freedom of others. Pennsylvania was the last colony
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Pennsylvania has long had anachronistic liquor laws. These laws have been especially striking to this writer having been a lifelong Ohio resident. I moved to Pennsylvania in the summer of 2009. It took some getting used to but finally I got the hang of where and how to buy booze in Pennsylvania. In Ohio‚ residents are able to buy beer and wine at grocery stores‚ convenience stores and of course state liquor stores. In fact‚ many of the state liquor stores are located inside of grocery stores
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the law of the people. Pennsylvania first constitution organized the government into three parts: the governor‚ the seventy two member of provisional council‚ and general assembly with two hundred member. While the proprietor held his office by hereditary‚ the council and assembly were elected by the freemen of the colony. Therefore‚ freedom of election was extended to virtually all free inhabitant‚ regardless of whether or not they were landholder. Also‚ the law of Pennsylvania will be followed by
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William Penn’s life in a very informational and positively biased story through his years. He looks majorily on the side that William Penn’s decisions were right and that his childhood and young adulthood‚ founding of Pennsylvania‚ and in his later years his selling of Pennsylvania were all done well. William Penn accomplished a lot and was an esteemed gentleman‚ and the author really portays him as such while describing everything William did‚ as well as his relationships. And so the novel starts
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creed that the wealthy population had an unwritten obligation to give back to society‚ much of his fortune was donated to causes concerning peace and education. In 1848‚ the Carnagie family father immigrated to America‚ where they settled in Pennsylvania. His father worked as a jobbing hand loom weaver‚ which forced him to work long hours with minimal pay. At the age of thirteen‚ Andrew Carnegie
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