Many chose it because of the promise of religious freedom but it also was a destination because of fertile soil, hardwood forests containing ample game, clear streams and a non-threatening Native-American population.
They had left Europe to Pennsylvania for more food and sheleter but also for religious freedom.
They moved to New York because the people wanted fredom and liberty.They moved to New York because the people wanted fredom and liberty.
Some chose it for its promise of religious tolerance.
Some came for available land. Some came for adventure. Some non-Anglicans (such as Quakers) came to where they could practice their religion more freely than they could in England.
because they had rich soil to make crops
Native Americans lived in Pennsylvania long before the white European settlers did.
Settlers came to seek religious freedom, and freedom from religious persecution.
The settlers in pennsylvania had more rights of religious tolerance then the settlers in Rhode Island
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English mostly, along with significant populations of Germans and Scots-Irish.
English mostly, along with significant populations of Germans and Scots-Irish.
Pennsylvania is best know for Quaker settlers.
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The people who built the colony of Pennsylvania WERE Europeans.
To secure freedom from religious persecution
Yes, they were Farmers from Germany and because the land of southeastern Pennsylvania looks like the part of southern Germany they are from they settled there.