When Penn left Philadelphia for the first time in 1684, he left behind a borough with few formal structures of governance (if any). For all
Category: Early Growth of Northern Big Cities
Philadelphia’s Economic Base: First Draft
Introduction and Context: Economic Base-Building: Pennsylvania and Philadelphia: This module delves into critical elements of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania’s economic base-building. After a short introduction-comment, I address
the Municipal Corporation Tries Going It Alone: 1701-1712 Tax Act
Philadelphia’s First Policy System: the Municipal Corporation Tries Going It Alone The 1701 creation of Philadelphia’s First Policy System with the series of legislation referred
free society of traders
The Rise of Philadelphia the Free Society of Traders: Penn Creates an EDO to Install Pennsylvania’s Initial Economic Base As far as Virginia was concerned
BIRTHING POLICY SYSTEMS AND POLITICAL STRUCTURES IN PENN’S PENNSYLVANIA: ENGLISH GOVERNANCE OF CITIES BY MUNICIPAL CORPORATION and Guilds Did Not Travel Well
the English Municipal Tradition We have to start somewhere. Due to imbedded relevance, we fail to realize the importance of levels of policy-making (provincial versus
Legislature vs proprietor shaping Sub-Provincial government and Provincial Policy System institutionalization: Intro to this section
Context–When Penn left town in 1701, he and the Legislature (personified by David & Thomas Lloyd) were bitterly divided. True, both had been on the
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