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HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. might have been greatly increased, the report stated, had the paper currency been more extensive. This report only produced more attempts to pass bills more vetoes and explanations, and more bitter rejoinders from the house. The governor probably did the best he could, but his instructions tied him down, and he was under heavy bonds not to violate them. He himself remonstrated with Thomas Penn, without effect, and the result was a refusal to allow any money bill to be passed which did not place the interest at the joint disposal of governor and assembly, instead of the assembly alone. This latter arrangement would, in the proprietary's eyes, render that, body for a term of years too independent of himself and the crown. The assembly held tenaciously to the idea that the representatives of the people had control of the public revenue and expenditure, and refused to send in bills to meet the proprietary's views. Practically, therefore, nothing was done, and this condition might have, existed much longer had not the exigencies of war demanded increased appropriations. The assembly, while undoubtedly right in principle, injured its cause by the rudeness and disrespect shown in its replies. The French still kept up their activity in the Ohio Valley; On the claim that the land belonged to them by right of discovery. They held the ambitious project of connecting their provinces of Canada and Louisiana by a chain of forts, And of controlling all the intervening territory- Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent, George Washington to ascertain their designs, which errand he accomplished in the dead of winter, 1753-4, and his report awakened the English government to a sense of the importance of the work before them. One of their first efforts produced results the reverse of their intentions. It was resolved 'to have representatives of all the colonies meet the Six Nations at Albany, and once for all buy and persuade them into allegiance. The Pennsylvania agents, John Penn and Robert Peters, were sent by the governor, and Morris and Franklin attended on behalf of the assembly.
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Title | Two centuries of Pennsylvania history / by Isaac Sharpless. |
Subject | Ohio River Valley History To 1795 ; Pennsylvania History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 ; United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763. |
Description | Pages 136-145. The French invasion of western Pennsylvania, including Major George Washington's expeditions. Background of the political situation in Pennsylvania in response to the French invasion. Pennsylvania Assembly votes for an Ohio post road and provisions for troops to battle the French. Native American and Colonial massacres of French allied Native American troops. Erection of a chain of forts along the Kittatinny hills, but the Quakers vote to conciliate the Native Americans. End of Quaker government in Pennsylvania. Series : Lippincott educational series...v.II. |
Creator | Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920. |
Publisher | State Library of Pennsylvania |
Contributors | J. B. Lippincott |
Date | 1908 |
Type | text |
Format | image/jp2 |
Source | 974.8 Sh251 |
Language | eng |
Coverage.temporal | 1755 |
Coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania ; Virginia |
Rights | Digital images copyright State Library of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as a credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact the State Library of Pennsylvania, Digital Rights Office, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745. Phone: (717) 783-5969 |
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Title | Two centuries of Pennsylvania history / by Isaac Sharpless. |
Subject | Ohio River Valley History To 1795 ; Pennsylvania History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 ; United States History French and Indian War, 1755-1763. |
Description | Pages 136-145. The French invasion of western Pennsylvania, including Major George Washington's expeditions. Background of the political situation in Pennsylvania in response to the French invasion. Pennsylvania Assembly votes for an Ohio post road and provisions for troops to battle the French. Native American and Colonial massacres of French allied Native American troops. Erection of a chain of forts along the Kittatinny hills, but the Quakers vote to conciliate the Native Americans. End of Quaker government in Pennsylvania. Series : Lippincott educational series...v.II. |
Creator | Sharpless, Isaac, 1848-1920. |
Publisher | State Library of Pennsylvania |
Contributors | J. B. Lippincott |
Date | 1908 |
Type | text |
Format | image/jp2 |
Source | 974.8 Sh251 |
Language | eng |
Coverage.temporal | 1755 |
Coverage.spatial | Pennsylvania ; Virginia |
Rights | Digital images copyright State Library of Pennsylvania. All rights reserved. May be used for educational purposes as long as a credit statement is included. For all other uses, contact the State Library of Pennsylvania, Digital Rights Office, 333 Market Street, Harrisburg, PA 17126-1745. Phone: (717) 783-5969 |
Transcripts | HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA. might have been greatly increased, the report stated, had the paper currency been more extensive. This report only produced more attempts to pass bills more vetoes and explanations, and more bitter rejoinders from the house. The governor probably did the best he could, but his instructions tied him down, and he was under heavy bonds not to violate them. He himself remonstrated with Thomas Penn, without effect, and the result was a refusal to allow any money bill to be passed which did not place the interest at the joint disposal of governor and assembly, instead of the assembly alone. This latter arrangement would, in the proprietary's eyes, render that, body for a term of years too independent of himself and the crown. The assembly held tenaciously to the idea that the representatives of the people had control of the public revenue and expenditure, and refused to send in bills to meet the proprietary's views. Practically, therefore, nothing was done, and this condition might have, existed much longer had not the exigencies of war demanded increased appropriations. The assembly, while undoubtedly right in principle, injured its cause by the rudeness and disrespect shown in its replies. The French still kept up their activity in the Ohio Valley; On the claim that the land belonged to them by right of discovery. They held the ambitious project of connecting their provinces of Canada and Louisiana by a chain of forts, And of controlling all the intervening territory- Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia sent, George Washington to ascertain their designs, which errand he accomplished in the dead of winter, 1753-4, and his report awakened the English government to a sense of the importance of the work before them. One of their first efforts produced results the reverse of their intentions. It was resolved 'to have representatives of all the colonies meet the Six Nations at Albany, and once for all buy and persuade them into allegiance. The Pennsylvania agents, John Penn and Robert Peters, were sent by the governor, and Morris and Franklin attended on behalf of the assembly. |
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