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What ended William Penn’s outright ownership of Pennsylvania?

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Answer: Pennsylvania colonists forced Penn to agree that only the General Assembly could make laws.

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Answer:

Pennsylvania colonists forced Penn to agree that only the General Assembly could make laws.

Step-by-step explanation:

William Penn was an English Quaker that founded the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for religious minorities.

When Penn died in 1670, his son inherited his father’s estates, and in 1681 he crafted a government for Pennsylvania based on the principles of the Enlightenment.

But things changed in 1696 when the Assembly wanted the power to make laws, Penn did not agree with it but the governance of Pensylvania changed ending his outright ownership.

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