SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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William Penn owed the king money.
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King Charles II owed Sir George Carteret money.
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Lord Berkley owed William Penn’s father money.
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King Charles II owed William Penn’s father money.
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Detailed explanation-1: -King Charles II owed William Penn £16, 000, money which his late father Admiral Sir Penn had lent him. Seeking a haven in the New World for persecuted Friends, Penn asked the King to grant him land in the territory between Lord Baltimore’s province of Maryland and the Duke of York’s province of New York.
Detailed explanation-2: -On March 4, 1681, King Charles II of England granted William Penn a New World colony as payment for a debt of 16, 000 pounds the King owed to Penn’s father, a deceased admiral in the British Navy. It was a shrewd move on the part of Charles.
Detailed explanation-3: -Penn obtained the land from King Charles II as payment for a debt owed to his deceased father.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1701, Penn signed the Fourth Frame, or Charter of Privileges, which granted citizens of Pennsylvania a number of basic freedoms-in particular, freedom of worship and the right of individuals to speak their mind. The Charter of Privileges formed the basis of Pennsylvania’s state constitution in 1776.
Detailed explanation-5: -Here’s a quick Penn primer: King Charles II gave Pennsylvania to William Penn to settle a £16, 000 debt owed to Penn’s father. That’s more than £3 million today. Penn didn’t like the name “Pennsylvania, ” a mashup of his name and the Latin word for woods, because he thought it made him look like a narcissist.