| Description |
xix, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
A History of the American colonies |
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History of the American colonies.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 322-338. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Planning : William Penn, the Quakers, and the "holy experiment" -- 2. Planting : earlier inhabitants and new settlers -- 3. First shoots : imperial and provincial politics in the late seventeenth century -- 4. Early growth : political, social, and economic structure in the early eighteenth century -- 5. Transplants : African and European immigrants in the eighteenth century -- 6. A grafting : Benjamin Franklin, agent of change -- 7. New sprouts : Western settlement, imperial war, and the great awakening -- 8. Pruning : Indian affairs, politics, and Quaker reformation -- 9. Budding : royal government, revitalized imperialism, and the emergence of new politics -- 10. Blossoming : the revolutionary movement -- 11. Harvest : the war years |
| Subject |
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
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Pennsylvania -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783.
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| ISBN |
0684145650: $15.00 |
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9780684145655 |
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