SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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He hoped that the American Indians would all move out of the area.
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He told the colonists to avoid the American Indians as much as possible.
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He believed in treating the American Indians fairly.
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He thought that the American Indians needed to be converted to Christianity.
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Penn believed strongly that Indians should be treated fairly. He traveled to the interior of the colony and befriended different Native American tribes. He insisted that the Native Americans be paid a fair price for any land that was purchased from them.
Detailed explanation-2: -He decided to treat the “savages” with dignity and respect. His critics said it would never work. Native Americans were encouraged to come to Philadelphia if they had grievances. For almost 75 years, from 1682 to 1755, Pennsylvania was the only colony that didn’t have an army but had peace.
Detailed explanation-3: -Penn’s first goal was to develop a legal basis for a free society. He believed that people were born with certain natural rights and privileges of freedom. In his First Frame of Government (1682), he provided for secure private property, free enterprise, free press, trial by jury, and religious toleration.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Iroquois rebuilt their empire after the French and Indian war, and as they did were linked into Pennsylvania’s covenant chain of friendship. This relationship was formalized in a series of treaties in the first half of the 18th century, and gave the colony access to valuable trading routes and partners.
Detailed explanation-5: -These early treaties cemented Pennsylvania’s reputation as a peaceable colony where love and friendship prevailed between Indians and colonists, as famously portrayed later by the paintings of Benjamin West (1738-1820) and Edward Hicks (1780-1849).