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William Penn

William Penn. Questions. What was the largest city in the American colonies in William Penn's time? In the end what did William Penn accomplish? What did the Quakers not believe in? What king gave his father the land? Why did William Penn’s father give him the land?. Fun Facts.

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William Penn

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  1. William Penn

  2. Questions • What was the largest city in the American colonies in William Penn's time? • In the end what did William Penn accomplish? • What did the Quakers not believe in? • What king gave his father the land? • Why did William Penn’s father give him the land?

  3. Fun Facts Delegate: A person sent or authorized to represent others, in particular, an elected representative sent to a conference. When he was made the property owner of his colony, William Penn became the largest landowner in the world. In an effort to promote peaceful solutions to world conflicts he proposed a council that would be made up of delegates from all of the nations of Europe. Although being the son of the head of the British Navy he chose to devote his life to peace and pacifism. During his lifetime not a single treaty that he had made with the Native tribes were ever broken. His city of "Brotherly Love” (Phil-Adelphia), was the first planned, and surveyed city in the western hemisphere.

  4. The End By Mary Beth Laitin

  5. Some facts that were in the movie. Story of William Penn

  6. Because of his accomplishments PA is known as the “Quaker State.” Another name is the “Keystone State” but that it because of Pennsylvania's geography. Pennsylvanias Georaphy

  7. In 1681 King Henry the second granted William Penn's father land for serving him. He gave it to William because he was embarrassed from his from being a Quaker. • In 1710 Philadelphia was the largest city in the American Colonies

  8. William Penn was a Quaker who founded the colony of PA, and the city of Philidelphia. Quakers did not believe in social hierarchy and thought it was false and evil. They also did not believe in war or fighting.

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