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Who was William Penn? : and other questions about the founding of Pennsylvania by Marty Rhodes Figley is a children's nonfiction book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Who was William Penn? : and other questions about the founding of Pennsylvania about?
William Penn was only twenty-two years old the first time he went to prison. He had attended a meeting of the Quakers, people who practiced a religion forbidden in Britain during the 1600s. Despite the dangers, Penn became a Quaker leader, and he dreamed of a place where people could freely practice religion. Britain's king later gave Penn one of the British colonies in North America. In Pennsylvannia, Penn organized a new kind of government—a place where people had individual rights, freedom of
Who reads Who was William Penn? : and other questions about the founding of Pennsylvania?
It is typically read by young readers, and the parents and educators who guide them.
Common subject areas: juvenile, young adult.
- Author
- Marty Rhodes Figley
- Publisher
- Lerner Publishing Group|Lerner Publishing Group
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780761388272
- Category
- children's nonfiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Juvenile Nonfiction
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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