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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 is dutch name for New Netherlands capital

The dutch name was: " Nieuw Amsterdam" (new amsterdam)

Why did the calverts manor system fail

plantation owners would rather buy slaves and tobacco

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

How did rich Virginians keep relations friendly with poor whites

they allowed poor whites the use of their plantation barns

use plantation barns

They allowed poor whites the use of their skilled slaves

Why was William Penn given land in the middle colonies

The king of england owed him money

Which of the following statements is true because plantation owners owned the most land and slaves

They were at the top of Virginia society.

A difference between tobacco plantations and cotton and sugar plantations was that tobacco plantations had

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Why did few Catholics move to Maryland despite the Calvert support

Because cecil calvert stayed in england, they stayed, too

Which of these was an economic consequence of new englands geography

settlers established a commercial and industrial economy

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