1682
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1630 He came over on the Winthrop fleet.
Penn came to America because he made a deal with some ruling authority (I forget who, but I believe it may have been the king). Said authority didn't tolerate Quakers like Penn, but he owed William's father a favor, so he gave Penn a plot of land in America, where he and the other Quakers went, settling in modern-day Pennsylvania.
He came from London, England.
Sylvania is latin for woods, and Penn is for Admiral Sir William Penn.
He was English. The king gave him the land grant. He was a Quaker from a wealthy family with large landholdings in England and Ireland.
William Penn Founded the wonderful state of Pennsylvania.King Charles gave it to him as a payment of money that he owed Penn's father
William Penn was a fierce advocate of Democracy and Religious Freedom, and during his time period (17th Century) those were very attractive ideals that caught the attention of people who sought escape from religious persecution.
They were different because William Penn wanted to make a colony where DIFFERENT types of Religions can come together in a brotherly way while Roger Williams, as a Puritan, didn't want any other religion in his colony
In America, the quacker religion mainly is in Pennslyvania.
William baffin came to north america in 1616 on the discovery (his ship).
William Penn sent booklets describing Pennsylvania's attractions to people in many European countries. One of thease read: "Come to my province Pennsylvania, where you will find yourself, peace, freedom for worship in your own way, and a chance to take part in governing yourself."