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I learned that there was not one set religion.

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The earliest settlers were English Quakers who settled mainly in the southeaster part of the future state. The leader, William Penn, is whom the state was named for. Shortly afterwards, Penn advertised his colony to the English, German and Dutch peoples of which the latter group established 'Germantown' and the Mennonite and Amish cultures.

In the early to mid 1700s, the Scotch-Irish (western parts) and Irish (Philadelphia area mostly as servants) settled in the colony bringing their Protestant and some Catholic cultures..

The first Jewish population began around 1740 though Jews were brought into New Amsterdam (New York) as early as circa 1650.

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