Oh, dude, it was William Penn who founded Pennsylvania. Yeah, like, back in the late 1600s, he got a land grant from King Charles II and decided to start a colony for Quakers. So, like, thanks to him, we have Philly cheesesteaks and the Liberty Bell. Cool, right?
Disgusted. Why? William was a QUAKER! Quakers don't believe in war. They don't believe in slavers. They are peaceful, calm people. They respect God. What did they do when the French came over? They prayed and prayed to God asking for the French to leave on their own. But then Robert stepped in and made a war(which made the Quakers very upset). William was a good, honest man.
William Penn was actually opposed to most commonly held religious beliefs in his youth but discovered that the beliefs of the "Society of Friends" resembled his own beliefs to the extent that he did join them. The Society of Friends is also known as the Quakers. Like many people in his day, he came to what is now the US to be free to practice his religion the way he saw fit. The Quakers have remained prevalent in many areas of Pennsylvania even to this day.
The relationship seemed good at first, though later generations of Swedes in Pennsylvania would complain that they were cheated out of their land by Penn and his agents.
i don't know just felt like typingAnswerhey traded to get land from the Leni Lenape Indians which is also a part of the Iroquois tribe.
William Penn (the first owner of Pennsylvania)
They believed in nonviolence and equality.
Penn came to America because he made a deal with some ruling authority (I forget who, but I believe it may have been the king). Said authority didn't tolerate Quakers like Penn, but he owed William's father a favor, so he gave Penn a plot of land in America, where he and the other Quakers went, settling in modern-day Pennsylvania.
It was granted to William Penn in lieu of money as payment of debt that was owed to his father. He embraced the Quaker lifestyle and made Pennsylvania a haven for Quakers and religious liberties.Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn. He did not fully agree with the Puritans so he became a Quaker. Quakers are people who do not like war.
They believed in nonviolence and equality
William Penn took a more peaceful approach to building a colony. Instead of attacking other colonies for land like Peter Stuyvesant, William Penn allowed religious freedom in his colony of Pennsylvania. Since he joined the Quakers, he believed in peace and harmony for all.
Oh, dude, it was William Penn who founded Pennsylvania. Yeah, like, back in the late 1600s, he got a land grant from King Charles II and decided to start a colony for Quakers. So, like, thanks to him, we have Philly cheesesteaks and the Liberty Bell. Cool, right?
Disgusted. Why? William was a QUAKER! Quakers don't believe in war. They don't believe in slavers. They are peaceful, calm people. They respect God. What did they do when the French came over? They prayed and prayed to God asking for the French to leave on their own. But then Robert stepped in and made a war(which made the Quakers very upset). William was a good, honest man.
A man named William Penn had enharited money from his wealthy father. The King of England owed him money, so instead of money, Penn ofered to take land in America. The king aggered. This land was later named Pennsalvania (or Penn's woods because of all the trees there).
They did not believe in the other religions
Because King Charles II owed Penn's father money, Penn asked for a charter as payment. Being a Quaker, he saw the opportunity to aid those who were being persecuted in Britain. Like other groups, many Quakers would move to the New World to have religious freedom.
William Penn converted his religion to be a Quaker. As a Quaker in England, meant religious persecution and many times did he spend time in a jail cell. His father, Admiral William Penn did like the idea that his son converted from an Anglican, however, on the Admiral's deathbed, he bailed out his son from jail and also gave him the family's inheritance. The Admiral was well liked by the King of England and the Duke of York. Because of the respect the King and Duke had for the Admiral, they ordered that young William be left alone. But, he did end up in jail, again, for insurrection. Some time after his latest release, he suggested to the King and to the Duke, to resolve the intolerance to the Quakers would be a that a mass migration to settle in North America. He and about 200 English Quakers settled in what was then western New Jersey. The King granted an extraordinarily generous charter which made Penn the world's largest private (non-royal) landowner, with over 45,000 square miles (120,000 sq. km). William Penn gave the Quakers religious freedom by purchasing land with some help, in North America that is now Pennsylvania. By the way the name Pennsylvania was the idea of the King of England in tribute to Penn's father.