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著者： Mark Smith
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 Entertaining and informing listeners with stories of people and events in the history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, hosted by Mark Smith.Copyright 2026 Pennsylmania 世界
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  • William Penn Part 2 (Ep7)

    William Penn Part 2 (Ep7)
    2026/03/03
    The life and legacy of William Penn. This episode, the second of a two-part series, focuses on his founding of the English colony of Pennsylvania. William has direct experience with colonial rule, his father being a landholder in Ireland with Catholic tenant farmers, and his own mediation of a dispute in America in the colony of West Jersey. Penn successfully receives a colonial charter in 1681 but has to navigate many hostile parties – chiefly Charles Calvert, the Lord Baltimore, proprietor of the Maryland colony, and the Anglican Church. Native American tribes already occupy his colony as well as some European settlers – mostly Swedes, Finns and Dutch in the “Lower Counties”. Penn sets up a framework of government and recruits settlers and arrives in Pennsylvania in October of 1682. Under his direction, a great new town is developed, Philadelphia, which will be the capitol of his colony. Penn navigates many challenges associated with a new colony but is increasingly embroiled in a border dispute with Charles Calvert, the Lord Baltimore, and the Maryland colony. Both proprietors – Penn and Calvert – return to England in 1684 to plead their case and Penn becomes an absentee landlord, not returning to his colony for 15 years. Penn is back in 1699 for two more years and just before his return completes the Charter of Privileges in 1701, which will remain the colony’s framework of government for 75 years. He returns to England and, his financial problems growing, unsuccessfully tries to sell the colony back to the Crown. He suffers a stroke in 1712 and lingers on until he dies in 1718. His second wife, Hannah Callowhill Penn, serves as de facto proprietor from 1712-1718 and then as sole proprietor until her death in 1726.
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    45 分
  • William Penn Part 1 (Ep6)

    William Penn Part 1 (Ep6)
    2026/02/17
    The life and legacy of William Penn, the founder of the English colony of Pennsylvania. This episode, the first of a two-part series, focuses on his family history and upbringing, his embrace of Quaker belief, and how he became a key figure in the struggle for religious freedom in England. He became what today would be considered a keyboard warrior and social influencer in support of Quakerism and the right of conscience – in defiance of his father, an English admiral, as well as authorities who imprisoned him for his advocacy and worship. A few years after successfully petitioning for a colonial charter and founding Pennsylvania, Penn becomes an ally of James II, the embattled Catholic monarch of England. Penn supports James II’s efforts to institute religious tolerance. The overthrow of James II leads Penn to go into hiding and delays his return to Pennsylvania.
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    1 時間 5 分
  • The Erie Triangle (Ep5)

    The Erie Triangle (Ep5)
    2026/02/03
    Why the map of Pennsylvania has that little right triangle of land at the Northwest corner and why it has been a consequential place in our state’s history, perhaps most notably in the War of 1812. The episode starts with a discussion of colonial borders as they appear in the Kings’ charters and then reviews how Pennsylvania’s borders were settled. The Erie Triangle itself is created in 1784 and then sold by the federal government to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1792. The causes of the War of 1812 are reviewed and how, after the shooting starts, a naval arms race on Lake Erie ensues, and an American shipyard established at Presque Isle Bay. The Battle of Lake Erie – an American victory by fleet Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry – and its aftermath is covered in some detail.
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    55 分
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