Includes bibliographical references (pages 91-93) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A meeting of friends and neighbors -- Early European exploration -- Seventeenth-century England : overseas growth and turmoil at home -- The Penn family -- Fighting for religious freedom -- Penn's Woods -- Penn comes to America -- The rise of Philadelphia -- Philadelphia since 1701 -- Chronology & timeline.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Using a debt owed by King Charles II, William Penn traded away a fortune in order to acquire an American colony, into which he planted the city of Philadelphia.
USERS/INTENDED AUDIENCE NOTE
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Grades 7-8.
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Penn, William,1644-1718
Penn, William,1644-1718.
Penn, William,1644-1718.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Pennsylvania, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Juvenile literature.
Philadelphia (Pa.), History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania, History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Philadelphia (Pa.), History, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.