SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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attracting many new settlers
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following Puritan rules
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keeping Quakers out
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driving American Indians away
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Detailed explanation-1: -William Penn founded Pennsylvania to provide a refuge for Quakers. What did William Penn think would attract new settlers to his colony in Pennsylvania? The favorable environment and climate.
Detailed explanation-2: -With plenty of fertile land and guaranteed freedom of worship, Penn’s colony grew rapidly, attracting settlers of multiple religious denominations from Great Britain and Europe.
Detailed explanation-3: -He believed that people were born with certain natural rights and privileges of freedom. In his First Frame of Government (1682), he provided for secure private property, free enterprise, free press, trial by jury, and religious toleration.
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.