SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Sir George Carteret
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Oliver Cromwell
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William Penn
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Detailed explanation-1: -As it turns out, Plotemey II Philadelphus had the honor of being the first individual to name a city Philadelphia when he first came to rebuild this beautiful city (then called Rabbathh-Ammon) sometime around 300BC.
Detailed explanation-2: -William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania and one of the first champions of expressive freedoms in the American colonies, demonstrated how a free society could work and how individuals of different races and religions could live together in liberty and peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -Philadelphia is best known as “The City of Brotherly Love.” In 1681, King Charles the Second, of England, gave William Penn a large amount of land to establish a colony. The king named the colony Pennsylvania in honor of Penn’s father. William Penn was a Quaker.
Detailed explanation-4: -The City of Philadelphia was founded by William Penn as the Capitol of the Province of Pennsylvania. He determined that the city should be place upon the river for health purposes and easy navigation.