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Title: Our colonial history from the discovery of America to the close of the revolution
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Gerson, Oscar, 1874-
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Publisher: New York city, Hinds, Noble & Eldredge
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possession of his great province with interesting ceremonies. Later, Penn sailed up the Delaware till he came to theSchuylkill river, which empties into it. This place had beenselected as a site for the city. In 1683, the city was laid out.Not only more Friends, but immigrants from Germany andother countries, began to arrive and the city grew rapidly. 130. The Frame of Government.—In order to carryout his Holy Experiment, Penn drew up a Frame ofGovernment for his colony. This frame of government,with some additions that were made later, became knownas the Great Law. It aimed to make the people as freeand happy as possible. It gave them the right to vote and tomake their own laws. It also gave them religious liberty.It had many other wise and just provisions. It directed thatevery child should be taught a trade or useful occupation. Italso directed that prisons should be made better places, wherecriminals could be taught trades and made into good meninstead of being cruelly punished.
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