Bucks County , an area sympathetic to the Doan Outlaws with a large loyalist population , grew out of William Penn 's " holy experiment " , and was guided more by Quaker " inner light " than by the traditional " rights of Englishmen " . As a result of Penn 's effort to create a " nation of nations , " almost half of colonial Pennsylvania was non-English . In nearby Philadelphia , the elite Proper Philadelphians were rich , charming , tolerant , but had relinquished the role of governing the city . Philadelphia , by common agreement , was the largest , most cosmopolitan but also the most poorly governed city in the Colonies . Bucks County , when compared to Massachusetts in support for a war with England , was still " The Peaceable Kingdom " . No doubt Pennsylvanians were outraged by the actions of the Crown , but they were more likely to express their discontent through resolutions than violent protests . Many Pennsylvanians remained skeptical about cutting ties with England right up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence . To illustrate this , the fighting in " Penn 's Woods " started seven years after the Boston Massacre . As for the non-English Pennsylvanian , King George III , even at his worst , was better than what they had known in their homeland . Fat Pennsylvania 's legendary prosperity helped ease discord . Bucks County could boast rich farmland , a canal to the sheltered port of Philadelphia , large supplies of fresh water , timber , iron , fire clay , game , and their famous fieldstone for building . The common New Englander by contrast had to choose between hard-scrabble farming or dangerous fishing off rock-ribbed coasts
Boston Massacre
Boston Massacre
Doan Outlaws