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The Pennsylvania colony started after the King of England gained control of the middle colonies (New York,Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware). Since the king owed money to the Penn family ( a wealthy family in England) ,he gave William Penn common day Pennsylvania to pay off the debt. William Penn took this land and developed a colony with freedom of religion, what he called a "Holy Experiment."

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