723+Pennsylvania+Colony,+Mid-Atlantic

= Pennsylvania Colony: Mid-Atlantic =

Areeba Zaheer 723 Pennsylvania Colony








" Section. 2. That all men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences and understanding: And that no man ought or of right can be compelled to attend any religious worship, or erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any ministry, contrary to, or against, his own free will and consent: nor can any man, who acknowledges the being of a God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account or his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship: And that no authority can or ought to be vested in, or assumed by any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or In any manner controul, the right of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship. Section 10... shall each [representative] before they proceed to business take... the following oath or affirmation: I do believe in one God, the creator and governor of the universe, the rewarder of the good and punisher of the wicked. And I do acknowledge the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament to be given by Divine inspiration.'

And no further or other religious test shall ever hereafter be required of any civil officer or magistrate in this state."

-Pennsylvania Constitution 1776

"That no person, who acknowledges the being of God and a future state of rewards and punishments, shall, on account of his religious sentiments, be disqualified to hold any office or place of trust or profit under this commonwealth." **-Pennsylvania Constitution, Article IX, Section 4 1790** Pennsylvania had Quakers who believed everyone had a piece of God in their soul and everyone was equal to God. Quakers believed that all people, regardless of race, were equal in the eyes of God. The Amish, Mennonites, Catholics, Lutherans and Jews also prospered in Pennsylvania.
 * Question 1 **

Pennsylvania had no public school system. In the early 1750s, several Philadelphians set up free school for the poor. Wealthy families hired private tutors for children, and sons could get higher education.
 * Question 2 **

Pennsylvania had slavery like other colonies. However, Pennsylvania was one of the first to go against slavery. In the Pennsylvania colony, slaves were used near shipping ports.
 * Question 3 **