Penn, William

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1. A colonist of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries; the founder of Pennsylvania. Penn, the son of a British admiral, became a Quaker as a young man. The British government repaid a debt to Penn by giving him title to what is now Pennsylvania, where he established a colony with broad religious toleration. Many Quakers, who were persecuted in England, settled in Pennsylvania. Penn was known for his friendly relations with the Native American tribes in his colony.

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Penn, William, encouraged gardens, 11.

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Penn, William, grant of Pennsylvania, 203; his powers, 204; founding of Philadelphia, 204; frame of government, 204; first sojourn in America, 204-205; activities in England, 205; attempts to relieve friction in Pennsylvania, 205; restored to his proprietorship, 346; grants Charter of Privileges, 350; interest in New Jersey, 199; settles dispute over lands in West New Jersey, 201; lands in West New Jersey, 201; holdings in East New Jersey, 202.

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Under the auspices of William Penn William Rodney came to Philadelphia who was a branch of this ancient family.

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In 1677, the Quakers obtained a charter which recognized the principle of democratic equality in the settlements in West Jersey; and in 1680, William Penn. William Penn received from the king, who was indebted to his father, a grant of an extensive territory, which was called Pennsylvania, of which he was constituted absolute proprietary.

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