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Stories of Pennsylvania is a fascinating collection of stories about Pennsylvania's history, aimed at schoolchildren. It covers everything from the arrival of the first settlers to the Civil War, and includes stories about famous Pennsylvanians like Benjamin Franklin and William Penn. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of Pennsylvania, and is a valuable resource for educators who wish to teach Pennsylvania history to their students. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Excerpt from Stories of Pennsylvania: Or School Readings From Pennsylvania History The scotch-irish, earnest, aggressive, and fearless, defying all restraint and fearing no hostile neighbors, pushing to the frontier with farm and school and church, and training by hardship their sons for heroic service in the state. The common tie which held all these diverse elements together was religion. While Penn and his German allies were in the majority the peace policy of the Quakers dominated the life of the colony. The fostering, from conscientious motives, of the non-combative spirit made Pennsylvania notably conservative in offensive movements. This influence prevailed until the close of the struggle for independence, a struggle that brought new forces to the front and created a more aggressive policy. It was this newer influence that organized the state under the Constitution and placed Pennsylvania in closer touch with her sister states. Border friction between the colonies, and especially between the frontiersmen and the Indians, made Pennsylvania rich in In dian tales. Here wealth of sources made selection and rejection the task in presenting this phase of colonial life. The authors have consciously omitted much that is already familiar, or within easy reach of the reader. Special effort has been made to present the less familiar but by no means less important incidents in the development of our state. For this reason no life of Penn is attempted, and Franklin's career is not treated. With such familiar names as West, Muhlenberg, Logan, Dickinson, Morris, Decatur, Girard, Meade, Hancock, Kane, Ful ton, Perry, Taylor, Reed, Buchanan, Blaine, and many others, every teacher is acquainted. The illustrations are almost without exception historically cor rect. Many of them are for the first time presented to the public. In their preparation the authors owe a debt of gratitude to Julius F. Sachse of the Pennsylvania Historical Society, whose wide ac quaintance with the history of our commonwealth is abundant proof of their value. It is hoped that this little volume will arouse an intelligent and abiding interest in the history of the grand old Keystone State. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.