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☆☆☆☆☆He welcomed Catholics and Quakers among others. Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers. Pennsylvania was a favorable place to settle: climate, land, port and government. Philadelphia was at the time the best developed city in the continent.
Because the Colony was established as a refuge for European Quakers.
You see, William Penn was a friend of king Charles the second and the king did not want to kill William Penn for being a quaker. So he basicly gave him a grant to find land so he would escape persicution. Then have a place for religious freedom.
There was plenty of good land available for farming.
APEX~ only a small part of the land was good for farming ;)
The economy of new England was based on commerce because only a small part of the land was good for farming. New Englanders started to trade with the West Indies while developing fishing, small manufacturing, and shipbuilding.
English women colonists could NOT own property after they are married. -APEX.
None; the middle colonies had a very diverse religious population.
One thing that was true about both the Virginia and Maryland colonies was that they both grew quickly after difficult starts.
The king of england owed him money
hudson
skilled workers
