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What ended William Penn's outright ownership of Pennsylvania?

William Penn became very I'll with tuberculosis in 1701 and died the following year
King William and Queen Mary canceled William Penn's land grant in Pennsylvania due to his harsh treatment of colonists
William Penn's sold his rights to the colony to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and returned to England
Pennsylvania colonists forced Penn to agree that only the General Assembly could make laws

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William Penn's sold his rights to the colony to the Pennsylvania General Assembly and returned to England

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

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The correct answer is D) Pennsylvania colonists forced Penn to agree that only the General Assembly could make laws.

The reason that ended William Penn's outright ownership of Pennsylvania was that Pennsylvania colonists forced Penn to agree that only the General Assembly could make laws.

King James II of England granted Penn a large area south New Jersey due to a loan that Penn's father had given to the King. That is how Penn got the territory that ends up being called Pennsylvania. Prosperous years passed in those territories for Penn until James was forced to abdicate the throne. His daughter Mary and his husband William de Orange became the new Queen and King and both had no good relationship with Quakers. Penn had to sell his lands and had financial problems with Philip Ford, his financial adviser.

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