SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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the King borrowed money from him earlier and needed to repay him
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the King wanted him out of England
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he won a contest
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They King borrowed money from his father and needed to repay his debt
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Detailed explanation-1: -The colony became a haven for minority religious sects from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain. Penn obtained the land from King Charles II as payment for a debt owed to his deceased father.
Detailed explanation-2: -King Charles II gave Pennsylvania to William Penn to settle a £16, 000 debt owed to Penn’s father.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Having recently helped to fund the Quaker colonization effort of West New Jersey, in 1681 Penn obtained a large grant of land from King Charles II in payment of a debt owed his father.