Benjamin Franklin strikes me as a sort of John the Baptist figure in American history. Like the Baptist, Franklin paved the way for our colonies
Author: edcurmudgeon
1.0 You are in Philadelphia now Darling: Settlement of PA/Formation of Political Culture, Economic Base and Initial Policy System
Penn’s Privatism In 1790, only a handful of cities “of size” existed. New York (33,000), Philadelphia (28,500)[1] and Boston (18,320) were America’s mega cities during
8.0 Sole Proprietor vs. Royal Governor: Pennsylvania Compared to Virginia 1701-1750–Why States are Different
Why are states and cities so different–that is the question we started on our history. Let’s keep that in mind as we look in some
7. Shaping the Initial Pennsylvania/Philadelphia Policy Systems: Pennsylvania Broker Machines in the Colonial Era
To put some perspective on Penn’s Frame of Government, his personal compact with the First Purchasers was based on what E. Digby Baltzell calls “the
6. Birthing Policy Systems and Political Structures in Penn’s Pennsylvania: English Governance of Cities by Municipal Corporation Like Wine did not Travel Well
Our Virginia chapter uncovered a state policy system in which the state level legislatures were populated with, and dominated by, local elites. Policy outputs tilted
5. Establishing a Policy System Is Easier Said than Done: Penn’s Style, Institutionalization, and Incorrigible Quakers
This module is a mixture of personalities, political structures and institutions, politics and the “making of a policy system”. The policy system itself won’t emerge
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