SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE SOUTHERN COLONIES SETTLEMENT AND GROWTH
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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to be part of a proprietary colony
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sought religious freedom and a better life
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they liked the weather there
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He believed religious freedom promoted industriousness and discipline among the citizens of a nation. In other words, farmers and laborers would not be motivated to contribute to a society in which they could not worship God freely. Penn planned Pennsylvania with these views on religion and government in mind.
Detailed explanation-2: -Penn wanted his colony to be a place of religious freedom. Some of the first settlers were Welsh Quakers looking for a place where they could practice their religion without persecution. Throughout the early 1700s more people from Europe immigrated to Pennsylvania. Many of them came from Germany and Ireland.
Detailed explanation-3: -In 1681 Englishman William Penn, a member of a Christian group called the Quakers, founded the British colony of Pennsylvania. Because Penn’s colony offered settlers religious freedom, it attracted people of other denominations. A wave of German immigrants including Quakers, Mennonites, and Amish moved to the area.
Detailed explanation-4: -William Penn was an English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom who oversaw the founding of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.