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Can I read Who was William Penn? : and other questions about the founding of Pennsylvania on EtoBox?

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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