SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Delaware
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New Amsterdam
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Philadelphia
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New Pennsylvania
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Detailed explanation-1: -Delaware had no established religion at this time. With the start of the American Revolutionary War, Delaware’s assembly voted to break all ties with both Great Britain and the Province of Pennsylvania, forming the state of Delaware.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Pennsylvania Colony was a royal colony. It was founded under a charter given to William Penn. Penn was granted the charter as a place for Quakers to settle. Charles II, King of England owed money to Penn’s family.
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: -Persecuted in England for his Quaker faith, Penn came to America in 1682 and established Pennsylvania as a place where people could enjoy freedom of religion. The colony became a haven for minority religious sects from Germany, Holland, Scandinavia, and Great Britain.