PENNSYLVANIA LIFESTYLE
Philadelphia was known as the “Athens of America” because of its great cultures.. Pennsylvanian men were shipbuilders, merchants, farmers. While the Germans brought their great skills in farming, other Europeans were bakers, carpenters, barrel makers, tailors, butchers, millers, blacksmiths and ones in other trades. As the colony prospered, they did not have to import many goods and could barter in towns among themselves. Pennsylvania’s iron making industry was so good that the Parliamentary tried to shut it down unsuccessfully. Pennsylvania had grew a good domestic and foreign trade. By 1776, the province’s exports and imports were worth more than several million dollars.
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Pennsylvania had stagecoach lines which would carry people, mail, and news all around the colonies. Law and Medicine flourished in the city and the public buildings were the point of jealousy of other colonies. Their first newspaper “Pennsylvania Gazette” included local politics and events. Pennsylvania had the largest bookbindery in the colonies- where books were assembled. The liberal feel Pennsylvania allowed non-denominational learning, The Pennsylvania College, was the first of its kind in the colonial times. In 1736, America’s first fire company was formed by Benjamin Franklin- Union Fire Company. The cities had also employed watchmen to stop any crimes. The first American hospital was founded by Thomas Bond for the sick, injured and insane. Pennsylvania was also home to the first insurance company.
THE FIRSTS:
1ST FIRE DEPARTMENT
1ST INSURANCE COMPANY
1ST HOSPITAL
THE FIRSTS:
1ST FIRE DEPARTMENT
1ST INSURANCE COMPANY
1ST HOSPITAL
PENNSYLVANIA EDUCATION SYSTEM
Schools were created by several different church denominations and there was a strong interest in practical education. In 1683, a law was mandated in Pennsylvania that all children must be taught to read and write and learn the ways of useful trade. All boys learned a skill or trade and girls were tutored at home for household skills. Children could also learn the classical languages, history and literature, mathematics, and natural science. The poor, Quakers, and non-Quakers were admitted to all school without paying fees. Quaker education included both girls and boys, unlike other colonies. The Pennsylvania College, was the first of its kind in the colonial times. It offered non-denominational higher learning to all men.
NORTH:
- STUDIES BASED ON THE BIBLE |
MIDDLE:
STUDIES WERE PRACTICAL AND IN PREPARATION FOR ADULTHOOD- OFFERED TO THE RICH AND THE POOR. |
SOUTH:
STUDIES WERE DETERMINED BY SOCIAL CLASSES |