Immigrants known as “redemptioners” sold themselves into indentured servitude after arriving in this state on the Sally. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this modern-day state named after William, a colonial leader who set up this state to promote religious freedom for Quakers.
ANSWER: Pennsylvania [or PA]
[10m] Many redemptioners belonged to this ethnic group, the ethnicity of the first Speaker of the House. This ethnic group names a cultural region in northeast Pennsylvania called its namesake “country.”
ANSWER: German-Americans [accept Palatinates; accept Pennsylvania Dutch Country or Pennsylvania Deitsche Country; accept Pennsylvania Dutchland; reject “Dutch”]
[10h] The emigration of Quakers from the Northern Midlands to settle modern-day Pennsylvania is outlined in this book. This David Hackett Fischer book examines four British folkways through which America was settled.
ANSWER: Albion’s Seed [or Albion’s Seed: Four British Folkways in America]
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