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5 days ago · William Penn (born October 14, 1644, London, England—died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire) was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.
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1 day ago · Pennsylvania was founded in 1681 as a proprietary colony of Quaker William Penn. The main population elements included the Quaker population based in Philadelphia, a Scotch-Irish population on the Western frontier, and numerous German colonies in between.
2 days ago · William Penn, a Quaker and son of a prominent admiral, founded the colonial Province of Pennsylvania in 1681. In the 17th century, the Dutch and the English each claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their colonial lands in America. The Dutch were the first to take possession.
May 16, 2024 · William Penn, founder of the Pennsylvania Colony, cast a long shadow in colonial America yet was in North America for only four years of his long life. Penn was born on Oct. 14, 1644, in London, in the middle of that country's civil war.
1 day ago · Settlers included the Dutch of New Netherland, the Swedes and Finns of New Sweden, the English Quakers of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English Puritans of New England, the Virginian Cavaliers, the English Catholics and Protestant Nonconformists of the Province of Maryland, the "worthy poor" of the Province of Georgia, the Germans who settle...
1 day ago · While colonies like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey were established as trade centers, Pennsylvania was specifically founded to provide religious freedom for this religious group. The Middle colonies were often referred to as the “Breadbasket colonies” due to their fertile soil, ideal for farming. Religious Freedom and Justice.
