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☆☆☆☆☆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.
He established a new colony in Rhode Island.
People who sinned should be punished by the community
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The king owed him money.
To allow Quakers to escape persecution in England.
One thing that was true about both the Virginia and Maryland colonies was that they both grew quickly after difficult starts.
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