Many chose it because of the promise of religious freedom but it also was a destination because of fertile soil, hardwood forests containing ample game, clear streams and a non-threatening Native-American population.
Native Americans lived in Pennsylvania long before the white European settlers did.
Settlers came to seek religious freedom, and freedom from religious persecution.
The settlers in pennsylvania had more rights of religious tolerance then the settlers in Rhode Island
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English mostly, along with significant populations of Germans and Scots-Irish.
English mostly, along with significant populations of Germans and Scots-Irish.
Pennsylvania is best know for Quaker settlers.
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The people who built the colony of Pennsylvania WERE Europeans.
Yes, they were Farmers from Germany and because the land of southeastern Pennsylvania looks like the part of southern Germany they are from they settled there.
To secure freedom from religious persecution