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How did the Pennsylvania colony establish some of the foundational principles of the United States?

(APUSH Chapter 3)

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Huge tracts of land were granted to William Penn by Charles II.

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King Charles II issued the first English grant to colonize Pennsylvania to repay William Penn, whose father had owed the king money before his death. Penn was a Quaker, a religion that rejected ceremonies and oaths and opposed war. Penn petitioned the King for land between Maryland and New York to build a sanctuary for his tortured friends.

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