317 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Moving to Philadelphia offers any person a wide variety of jobs and job opportunities along with a connection to the rest of the world through Philadelphia's main port. Coming to Philadelphia is almost a guarantee in attaining a job because of its reputation as a commercial center, home to many industries. This is essential in order to support your family and creating the reality of a prosperous lifestyle. Philadelphia offers many rustic homes with charm, with baronial homes suited for any family. Type of Colony: An English charter colony granted by King Charles II Size: 45,000 square miles Location: Located on the Atlantic Coast of North America, one of the Middle Colonies Climate: Mild climate with warm summers and mild winters Family Friendly: Philadelphia is family friendly for its many schools, parks, and proximity to many merchants and stores. Schools: Schools teach reading, writing, and keeping of accounts. More advanced subjects consist of classical languages, history, and literature, which is offered at the Friends Public School. The school is free to the poor, but parents who are able to need to pay tuition. There are many other schools with no religious connections. They teach languages, mathematics, and natural science. There are also Private teachers that teach girls French, music, dancing, painting, singing, grammar. However, private teachers are only recommended for the prosperous. Churches: Although the American Episcopal Church was founded in 1695 as a condition of William Penn's charter, Philadelphia is religiously tolerant, and there is no established church. It is mostly made up of Quakers, but other groups such as Catholics, Lutherans, Jews are prominent as well. Labor Force: Most of the labor force is made up of indentured servants that came from Britain. There is not a significant amount of African slaves because of the lack of demand for them. Work in Philadelphia is often domestic or industrial. However, they are a useful source of labor for difficult, intensive, labor such as shipbuilding. Economics: Philadelphia's economy relies on maritime trade as well as industrial production. Industries such as sail making, rope making, shipbuilding, shoemaking, smithing, are prominent in Philadelphia. The resources that can be found are iron, timber, farmland, fur, and coal. Products made in Philadelphia include ships, textiles, furniture, glass iron ore, corn, wheat, as well as beef and pork.