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William Penn Quotes
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William Penn ( 14 October 1644 - 30 July 1718 ) was a Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. The democratic principles that he set forth served as an inspiration...


Biography

Name: William Penn
Birth Date: October 14, 1644
Death Date: July 30, 1718
Place of Birth: London, England
Place of Death: Berkshire, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: philosopher

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Biography of William Penn
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William Penn (1644-1718) founded Pennsylvania and played a leading role in the history of New Jersey and Delaware. The heritage of William Penn was his part in the growth of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and role in the settlement of North America....
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Biography of William Penn
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Contrary to his popular image, William Penn was an unusually complex, energetic, versatile, and creative man: mystic and religious activist, political theorist and practical politician, administrator and author. His writings--more than 130 books,...


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Penn, William Summary
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PENN, WILLIAM (1644–1718), Quaker religious leader and theologian, was a proponent of religious and political rights, and founder of Pennsylvania. Educated at Oxford, the French Protestant academy at Saumur, and, briefly, at Lincoln's...
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The Propriety of Pennsylvania by William Penn Summary
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The Propriety of Pennsylvania Reprinted in In Their Own Words: The Colonizers Published in 1998 "Our people are mostly settled upon the upper rivers, which are pleasant and sweet, and generally bounded with good land." After the English...
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Penn, William Summary
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October 14, 1644 London, England July 30, 1718 Berkshire, England Founder of Pennsylvania "When the purchase was agreed, great promises passed between us of kindness and good neighborhood, and that the Indians and English must live in love, as...
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William Penn Information
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William Penn (October 14 1644 – July 30 1718) was founder and "Absolute Proprietor" of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future U.S. state of Pennsylvania. He was known as an early champion of democracy and...


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Philadelphia Tribune, The
William Penn star chooses Kutztown
05/03/2002: 433 words, approx. 1 pages
Hunt, Donald Philadelphia Tribune, The 05-03-2002 Madonna Patterson, William Penn High's track and field standout, didn't want to go college too far away. Patterson only wanted to be a little more than an hour away from home. That's a big reason why she decided...
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Lancaster New Era Lancaster, PA
William Penn pays a visit to Hempfield
06/11/2003: 332 words, approx. 1 pages
Impersonators of William Penn and a Revolutionary War sergeant joined the fourth-grade colony of Landisville's Intermediate Center recently. Their mission? To educate students about life in the 1700s as part of the center's sixth-annual Pennsylvania Heritage Day, held on May 29. "The...
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AP News
Friday's College Basketball
12/1/2007: 315 words, approx. 1 pages
EASTBrockport 74, New Paltz 59Buffalo St. 81, Utica Tech 76Cortland St. 60, Fredonia St. 57Fairmont St. 93, S. Virginia 83Grove City 75, Geneva 74Iona 57, Delaware 52Sacred Heart 75, Columbia 59Stevens Tech 78, Alfred 53WVU Tech 105, Glenville St. 95SOUTHBryan 74, Virginia-Wise 65Campbellsville 92, Urbana...
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AP-Travel Online
Forgotten Philly Square Gets a Facelift
8/14/2006: 818 words, approx. 3 pages
Until just recently, if you asked the average Philadelphian how to get to Franklin Square, you'd likely be met with a blank stare. The park just north of Independence Mall had been virtually forgotten _...
 


Criticism and Essays
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William Penn and the Creation of Pennsylvania
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Explains how William Penn created a free state in which religion was freely expressed.
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William Penn
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