SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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New Netherlands
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New Jersey
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Pennsylvania
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Massachusetts
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Detailed explanation-1: -By the early 1600s, Dutch, English and Swedish merchants had established trading posts in the Delaware Valley area, and in 1681, Charles II of England granted a charter to William Penn for what would become the Pennsylvania colony. Penn arrived in the new city of Philadelphia in 1682.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Quaker colony The charter, which was officially proclaimed on April 2, 1681, named the territory for Admiral Penn and included also the term sylvania (“woodlands”), at the son’s request. William Penn intended that the colony provide a home for his fellow Quakers (members of the Society of Friends).
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1681, Pennsylvania became an English colony when William Penn received a royal deed from King Charles II of England. Although European activity in the region precedes that date (the area was first colonized by the Dutch in 1643).