Philadelphia History Reading Assignment

Question 1: In Ch. 3 we read about the migration of Amish to America. Why did they come, when, and where did they settle?

(This is a brief writing assignment based on the reading for our next class: Hostetler, Amish Society, Preface and Ch. 1-3)

 

Question2: Pick one of the documents about Philadelphia in Major Problems in American Urban History, Ch. 2 “Colonial Seaports and Trading Posts, 1600-1770” and briefly summarize what you found interesting.

Question3: What are some things you learned about colonial urban society in Chudacoff, Evolution of American Urban Society, Ch. 1 (pp. 10-27)?

(This is a brief writing assignment based on the reading for our next class: Chudacoff, Evolution of American Urban Society, Ch. 1 (pp. 10-27); and Major Problems in American Urban History,Ch. 2 “Colonial Seaports and Trading Posts, 1600-1770”)

 

Question4: What did you learn about the role of the tavern in early Philadelphia? (This is a brief writing assignment based on the reading for our next class: Thompson, Rum Punch & Revolution: Taverngoing & Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Philadelphia, Intro and Ch. 1)

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