Download or read book Lawmaking and Legislators in Pennsylvania: 1710-1756 written by Craig W. Horle and published by Anniversary Collection. This book was released on 1991 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the Pennsylvania legislature from 1710 through 1756. After chapters on themes and issues in lawmaking in Pennsylvania during the period, biographies of 224 representatives highlight dominant themes including the relationship between the state's legislature and the seven proprietary governors, conflict between whites and Indian tribes and between Pennsylvanians and Marylanders, Quaker pacifism and the politics of defense, and the expansion of the state's population. Includes a glossary, chronology, tables of statistics on legislators, and lists of laws enacted and petitions to the Assembly. $145.00 until June 30, 1997. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR