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Penn
The King signed the Charter of Pennsylvania,and it was officially proclaimed on April 2. The King named the new colony in honor of Penn's father. -
The Charter
Charles II owed William Penn 16,000, which he payed him back by giving him the land of PA and the quakers -
Duke Caught?
In 1674, for the second time, England captured from the Dutch the area that became the state of Delaware and the Duke of York -
Germans
The volume of German immigration increased after 1727, coming largely from the Rhineland. The Pennsylvania Germans settled most heavily in the interior counties of Northampton, Berks, Lancaster, and Lehigh, and in neighboring areas -
France
The territory claimed for New France included western Pennsylvania French traders competed with Pennsylvanians for Indian trade. -
SIxs Nations
The Commonwealth bought the Six Nations’ claims to the remainder of the land in 1784 and 1789, and the claims of the Delawares and Wyandots in 1785
