S ECTION 2
Economic Organization and Structure
Pennsylvania was popular for its trade industry as well as it’s various industries of skilled craftsmen. Many cities in the colony attracted immigrants, shopkeepers, merchants and artisans. Among the most common craftsmen were carpenters, sawyers, bricklayers, plasterers, weavers, dyers, tailors, shoemakers, bakers, brewers, maltsters, butchers, potters, clockmakers, cabinetmakers, barbers, physicians, tavern keepers, and carters. Trade was a large industry in Pennsylvania and a monopoly on trade called The Free Society for Traders was created in Philadelphia in 1682.
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