In 1681 King Charles II gave William Penn's father the piece of land that William established as what is known today as Pennsylvania and Delaware.
New Castle (where Penn took his first steps on American soil) became the capital city.
William Penn
William Penn founded the English colony of Pennsylvania and designed the city of Philadelphia. He believed in religious freedom and democracy.
William Penn was known as the founder of Pennsylvania, he founded the city of Philadelphia. Penn's vision for Philadelphia was a utopian city. The name Philadelphia translates into the City of Brotherly Love.
William Penn lived in New Jersey for 63 years with three wives
William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia.
William Penn
William Penn.
William Penn received a charter/land which was turned into Pennsylvania. I'm not exactly sure what city the charter helped him establish, I just know that William Penn had to do with Pennsylvania. :)
William Penn founded the English colony of Pennsylvania and designed the city of Philadelphia. He believed in religious freedom and democracy.
William Penn was known as the founder of Pennsylvania, he founded the city of Philadelphia. Penn's vision for Philadelphia was a utopian city. The name Philadelphia translates into the City of Brotherly Love.
William Penn lived in New Jersey for 63 years with three wives
William Penn founded Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia.
William Penn founded the city of Philadelphia.
William Penn's colony was Pennsylvania, (Penn Woods) but it was named by King Charles II. Penn, who originally called it New Wales, then Sylvania, was embarrassed at the change, fearing that people would think he had named it after himself, but King Charles would not rename the grant.William Penn was the founder of the Province of Pennsylvania which was an early colony.
William Penn did cause his last name is PENNWilliam Penn.
The colony was Pennsylvania. William Penn founded the colony.The term Pennsylvania means Penns Woodlands.The first city to be formes in the colony was Philadelphia.
Pennsylvania. The name literally means "Penn's woods", named after William Penn, the English nobleman to whom the King granted rule of the colony. It's main city was Philadelphia, which means Brotherly Love in greek.