Hans Herr House Colonial period
A recent visit to the Hans Herr House has brought about many comparisons that can be made with the readings we have done on colonial men and women’s roles and the living conditiions of laboring Philadelphians. The Hans Herr House is the oldest building in Lancaster County, dating to 1719, and is located in southern Lancaster County. This paper will make connections between what we saw on our visit and our readings on colonial men and women’s roles and laboring Philadelphians. The field trip to the Hans Herr House gives us a feel for the meaning of “home” for colonial families. The people who came to the Hans Herr House were the first European settlers of Lancaster County, mostly of Swiss German origin. One reason that they came to America was because they were fleeing religious persecution for their beliefs. In this case, the European settlers fled from Switzerland as William Penn promised freedom in America. Another reason the settlers came to America was for economic improvement. Life was believed to be “better” in America than in Europe, especially because American farmland was known as a good fertile farmland. The tour of the Hans Herr house gave us a good impression of a colonial house. From the outside, one
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