A manufacturing process for a pressure connecting terminal which includes an electrical wire connection portion having a slot for pressuring and electrically connecting an electrical wire therewith is disclosed. The pressure connecting terminal is manufactured by punching a blank out of a flat metal base plate in accordance with a predetermined pattern and folding said blank into a predetermined shape. Further, said manufacturing process comprises the steps of: punching said flat base plate so as to create at least said slot; plating at least said slot which is created in said punching step; and folding said blank into said predetermined shape after said plating step.