SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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Question
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The King owed Penn’s father money
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Penn stole the land
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Penn bought the land from the Pilgrims
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -King Charles II of England had a large loan with Penn’s father, after whose death, King Charles settled by granting Penn a large area west and south of New Jersey on March 4, 1681. Penn called the area Sylvania (Latin for woods), which Charles changed to Pennsylvania in honor of the elder Penn.
Detailed explanation-3: -William Penn arrived on American soil in 1682 to take possession of lands which had been turned over to him by the King of England. The king owed a large sum of money to Penn’s father, Admiral Sir William Penn. To settle up the debt the king offered lands in the American colony to the Penn family.
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.