USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Penn chose to acquire lands for his colony through business rather than conquest. He paid the Indians 1200 pounds for their land under the treaty, an amount considered fair.

Detailed explanation-2: -William Penn founded the colony the Province of Pennsylvania, because he was given a land grant in the middle colonies by King Charles II. The King gave Penn land because he owed a debt to Penn’s father. William Penn’s father was a Royal Navy Admiral and he supported King Charles I during England’s civil war.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1681, King Charles II handed over a large piece of his North American land holdings along the North Atlantic Ocean coast to Penn to pay the debts the king had owed to Penn’s father, the admiral and politician Sir William Penn. This land included the present-day states of Pennsylvania and Delaware.

Detailed explanation-4: -William Penn’s experiment in religious and political liberty paid dividends for his colony. Philadelphia became a place where Quakers, Baptists, and Presbyterians all practiced their religion freely without an established church. The capital also had a growing economy.

Detailed explanation-5: -Historical Society of Pennsylvania English Quaker William Penn founded Pennsylvania in 1681, when King Charles II granted him a charter for over 45, 000 square miles of land. Penn had previously helped found Quaker settlements in West New Jersey and was eager to expand his Quaker colony.