Originally called Penn's Woods, Pennsylvnia was founded by William Penn. It was founded for religious freedom. Quakers, Friends, Presbyterians, and German Baptists were just some denominations who came.
The Quakers.
Plymouth was founded by the Puritans in 1620. The Quakers began taking form as a religious society in about 1640.
Yes, Quakers were wealthy land owners who live in the southern colonies.
Quakers
Quakers founded Pennsylvania and were quite active in New Jersey.
You may be thinking of Pennsylvania, although it wasn't founded exclusively for Quakers. Its government promised freedom of religious conviction, as William Penn, the founder of the colony insisted.
The Middle colonies, like Delaware, New York, and New Jersey, were founded as trade centers, while Pennsylvania was founded as a safe haven for Quakers. The Middle colonies were also called the “Breadbasket colonies” because of their fertile soil, ideal for farming.
Quakers were concentrated in Pennsylvania; Catholics were concentrated in Maryland.
The colony was founded as a haven for Quakers is pennsylavania
The middle colonies
America.
Originally called Penn's Woods, Pennsylvnia was founded by William Penn. It was founded for religious freedom. Quakers, Friends, Presbyterians, and German Baptists were just some denominations who came.
The Quakers.
The Quakers.
Quakers founded Pennsylvania and were quite active in New Jersey.
Plymouth was founded by the Puritans in 1620. The Quakers began taking form as a religious society in about 1640.