Compare And Contrast The American Colonies

“What is so special about Pennsylvania? Who would be willing to go get settle there?” In the seventeenth century German colonists started moving to Pennsylvania. In 1700 there was an agent by the name of Francis Pastorius, he wrote a description of Pennsylvania as he lived there. Nearly fifth years later in 1754 Gottlieb Mittelberger wrote about his time in Pennsylvania in his book titled “Journey to Pennsylvania.” Here we have two document for the German people about the American Colonies, both authors explain their point of view and what they think would be best for the German people should do. Francis Pastorius was the agent who went to the colonists in the early seventeen-hundreds. Gottlieb Mittelberger also went and explored the colonists

“Francis Pastorius, was an agent for the Frankfort land Company who successfully promoted German settlement in the colony.” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) As the German colonists move to Pennsylvania Francis takes the time to track his experience he encounters. As they begin to move there were “reports of rich land and religious freedom,” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) the state of Pennsylvania was the new hope that they have been looking for. “Inasmuch as this region lies in the same degree of latitude as Montpelier and Naples, but has a much richer soil, and that better watered by its many springs and rivulets, it is but reasonable to suppose that such a country must be well calculated to produce all kinds if fruit.” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) Analyzing the quote that Pastorius wrote states that here in

Upon Mittelberger return home he published a book “warning others against settling in the American colonies.” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) Throughout the book he focus on the hardships of an indentured servant although he wasn’t one himself. When you think of the term Indentured Servant who “works 5-7 years get 50 acres of land” (Lecture 8/31/15) which is in similar fashion to Pastorius statement “our Labors meet with rich rewards.” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) Yet that may sound good Mittelberger warned the others that “our Europeans, who purchased [indentured servants and redemptioners], must always work hard, for new fields are constantly laid out; and so they learn that stumps of oak-tress are in America certainly as hard as Germany.” (Hewitt and Lawson 15) So reading his point of view yes the living may look better in America you’re working twice as harder than Germany. In the text Mittelberger used a bible quote “In the sweat of thy brow shalt thou eat bread. Who therefore wishes to earn his bread in a Christian and honest way, and cannot earn it in his fatherland otherwise than by work of his hands, let him do so in his own country, and not in America; for he will not fare better in America. However hard he may be compelled to work in his fatherland, he will surly find it quite as hard, if