SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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They offered to pay less than what the land was worth.
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They lied about who was allowed to live on the land.
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They tricked the people of Delaware into giving them more land than they originally agreed to.
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They lied about what the deed said.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unbeknownst to the Lenni Lenape, Thomas Penn took measures to ensure that the distance covered by his “walkers” would be as large as possible. Among other things, Thomas Penn had a straight path cleared through the forests and hired three of the fastest runners in the province.
Detailed explanation-2: -Believing that their forefathers had made such an agreement the Lenape leaders agreed to let the Penns have this area walked off. They thought the whites would take a leisurely walk down an Indian path along the Delaware River.
Detailed explanation-3: -The winner, running on a carefully cleared path, crossed more than twice the land the Delaware had anticipated-causing the tribe to lose about 1, 200 square miles (3, 100 square km) of their land. At Thomas Penn’s request, members of the Iroquois Confederacy helped enforce this unpopular decision.