The Pennsylvania Associators, 1747-1777

Download or read book The Pennsylvania Associators, 1747-1777 written by Joseph Seymour and published by Westholme Publishing. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Organized on December 7, 1747, at Philadelphia, the Military Association, an all-volunteer military establishment pledged to the defense of Pennsylvania, served as the de facto armed force for Pennsylvania, a colony whose leadership, a loose coalition of Quaker and German pacifists, land barons, and merchants, foreswore military preparedness on religious and ideological grounds. For the Associators, including their most noted supporter, Benjamin Franklin, a defenseless colony was no longer practical.... Associators considered military service in defense of their religious and civil liberties as a natural right."--Book flap.