A history of the United States for schools . 1681, Penn . ° ^ Beginnings obtained a grant of 40,000 square rniles of ter- of Penn-ritory lying west of the Delaware River. In ^^ ^^^*commemoration of Penns father, the king gave to thisprincely domain the name Pennsylvania, or PennsWoodland. The chartermade William Penn lordproprietary of Pennsyl-vania. It was drawn upin imitation of Lord Bal-timores charter, but didnot confer quite such ex-tensive powers. The prin-cipal differences weretwo : (i) Laws passed bythe assembly of Marylandwere valid as soon as ap-proved by Lord Baltimore,and did not e
A history of the United States for schools . 1681, Penn . ° ^ Beginnings obtained a grant of 40,000 square rniles of ter- of Penn-ritory lying west of the Delaware River. In ^^ ^^^*commemoration of Penns father, the king gave to thisprincely domain the name Pennsylvania, or PennsWoodland. The chartermade William Penn lordproprietary of Pennsyl-vania. It was drawn upin imitation of Lord Bal-timores charter, but didnot confer quite such ex-tensive powers. The prin-cipal differences weretwo : (i) Laws passed bythe assembly of Marylandwere valid as soon as ap-proved by Lord Baltimore,and did not even need tobe seen by the king orhis privy council; but thecolonial enactments of Pennsylvania were required to be sent to England forthe royal approval. (2) In the Maryland charter theright of the British government to impose taxes withinthe limits of the province was expressly denied; in thePennsylvania charter it was expressly affirmed. 1 Reduced from a facsimile in Smith and Vlzi&ons Americafi Historicaland Literary AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE TO PENNSFRAME OF GOVERNMENT.! I40 COLONIZATION OF NORTH AMERICA. Ch. VII. In 1682, Penn came over to America; a good manyof his settlers had come already. Soon after his arrival,Penns a legislative assembly was chosen, and a consti-goverJT-^^ tution, or frame of government, was adopted,ment. j^ yy^as more democratic than that of the older colony, nearly all the magistrates wereappointed by Lord Baltimore ; in Pennsylvania nearly allwere elected by the people. Penns colony was foundedon very liberal principles for those times. No one couldbe molested for his opinions on matters of religion. Thelaws were extremely humane, and land was offered toimmigrants on very easy terms. In 1683, Penn laid out a city which he called Philadel-phia, or Brotherly Love, after a Greek cityof Phiia- in Asia Minor, mentioned in the New Testa-^ ^ ^ ment. It was laid out in large squares, and thefirst streets were named from trees that gre
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