. A history of Pennsylvania. French passed away with thesigning of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. Unrest in Lower Counties. — Though the inhabitants ofthe three Lower Counties had gladly come under Pennsrule, they had little sympathy with Quaker principles, andsoon found that the Pennsylvanians would be in a majority,and so control affairs. There was so much trouble thatPenn in 1691 made Thomas Lloyd his deputy for Pennsyl-vania and Wilham Markham his deputy for the LowerCounties. As Markham was not a Friend he was muchmore acceptable to the people of these counties. Education; The Keith Troub
. A history of Pennsylvania. French passed away with thesigning of the Treaty of Ryswick in 1697. Unrest in Lower Counties. — Though the inhabitants ofthe three Lower Counties had gladly come under Pennsrule, they had little sympathy with Quaker principles, andsoon found that the Pennsylvanians would be in a majority,and so control affairs. There was so much trouble thatPenn in 1691 made Thomas Lloyd his deputy for Pennsyl-vania and Wilham Markham his deputy for the LowerCounties. As Markham was not a Friend he was muchmore acceptable to the people of these counties. Education; The Keith Troubles. — Education was notneglected. Need was found for a better school than thatof Enoch Flower, and in 1689 a school was established UNDER DEPUTY GOVERNORS 49 with George Keith for master. This school was chartered byWilliam Perm in 1701, 1708, and in 1711, and still exists asThe William Penn Charter School. The troubles of the colony had been chiefly political, butnow came those of another kind. George Keith/ the head-. Interior of William Penn Meeting House near Narbeth master of the school, began to attack the doctrines andpractices of the Friends. He had a considerable following,including some prominent Friends. The large majority ofthe Friends, including Thomas Lloyd, answered his charges, ^ Keith was a well educated Scotsman; he joined the Friends, haddefended them ably, and had suffered his share of imprisonment for his had been a companion of George Fox and William Penn in the tour ofGermany in 1677; and .had come to New Jersey in 1684; had been SurveyorGeneral of East Jersey and had run the line between East and West came to Philadelphia in 1689. 50 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA recited some of his own disorderly conduct, and disownedhim from membership. The case was taken to the FriendsYearly Meeting in Burlington, New Jersey, which confirmedthis action. Keith, in 1693, carried his case to the YearlyMeeting in London, where the action taken in Americ
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