Quakers settled in Pennsylvania...founder of William PennWilliam Penn was the absolute proprietor of Pennsylvania (he held the royal charter) and had pronounced religious tolerance for all. Other colonies were often religiously linked and intolerant of religious views outside narrow limits.
He welcomed Catholics and Quakers among others. Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers. Pennsylvania was a favorable place to settle: climate, land, port and government. Philadelphia was at the time the best developed city in the continent.
Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers.
You see, William Penn was a friend of king Charles the second and the king did not want to kill William Penn for being a quaker. So he basicly gave him a grant to find land so he would escape persicution. Then have a place for religious freedom.
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What made the middle colonies attractive to poor men
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There was plenty of good land available for farming.
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What did the colonies of the American South want to copy for their way of life
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The class system of England and Europe
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Who settled in the colony of Carolina
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Originally it was people from Virginia that settled in Carolina.
Others came from Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland. There were
also slaves brought in from Africa.
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What religious group dominated the middle colonies
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None; the middle colonies had a very diverse religious
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Why was the land in the Middle Colonies attractive to immigrants
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It offered rich land for farming
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The middle colonies were next to which three great bays
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What was one reason William Penn was given land in middle colonies
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To allow Quakers to escape persecution in England.
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Why did the Quakers settle in Pennsylvania
Quakers settled in Pennsylvania...founder of William PennWilliam Penn was the absolute proprietor of Pennsylvania (he held the royal charter) and had pronounced religious tolerance for all. Other colonies were often religiously linked and intolerant of religious views outside narrow limits.
He welcomed Catholics and Quakers among others. Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers. Pennsylvania was a favorable place to settle: climate, land, port and government. Philadelphia was at the time the best developed city in the continent.
Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers.
You see, William Penn was a friend of king Charles the second and the king did not want to kill William Penn for being a quaker. So he basicly gave him a grant to find land so he would escape persicution. Then have a place for religious freedom.
What made the middle colonies attractive to poor men
There was plenty of good land available for farming.
What did the colonies of the American South want to copy for their way of life
The class system of England and Europe
Who settled in the colony of Carolina
Originally it was people from Virginia that settled in Carolina.
Others came from Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland. There were
also slaves brought in from Africa.
What religious group dominated the middle colonies
None; the middle colonies had a very diverse religious
population.
Why was the land in the Middle Colonies attractive to immigrants
It offered rich land for farming
The middle colonies were next to which three great bays
hudson
What was one reason William Penn was given land in middle colonies
To allow Quakers to escape persecution in England.