Sunday, January 18, 2015

The US state of Pennsylvania is named after this Englishman.................who was scorned by the British royal crown for helping the Indians...............as the Americans later had a bureau of Indian affairs, so did the British............


  • William Penn - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Penn
    Wikipedia
    William Penn (14 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania ...
  • Brief History of William Penn - USHistory.org

    www.ushistory.org/penn/bio.htm
    Independence Hall Association
    William Penn (October 14, 1644–July 30, 1718) founded the Province of Pennsylvania, the British North American colony that became the U.S. state of ...
  • William Penn - Biography - Lawyer, Minister, Missionary ...

    www.biography.com/people/william-penn-9436869
    FYI
    Learn more about William Penn, the Quaker leader who fought religious oppression and founded the colony of Pennsylvania, at Biography.com.
  • William Penn - The Religious Society of Friends

    www.quaker.org/wmpenn.html
    Religious Society of Friends
    The first great hero of American liberty. During the late seventeenth century, Pennestablished an American sanctuary which protected freedom of conscience.
  • William Penn University

    www.wmpenn.edu/
    William Penn University
    Founded in 1873, a private institution of the liberal arts. Includes admissions, history, news items, academics, and alumni.
  • William Penn - American Studies @ The University of Virginia

    xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnintro.html
    William Penn is known, of course, as the founder of Pennsylvania. ... For example, Penn did not name his colony after himself (as he feared would be assumed), ...
  • William Penn

    xroads.virginia.edu/~cap/penn/pnhome.html
    William Penn. Visionary Proprietor. Tuomi J. Forrest. Introduction · Penn in the U.S. Capitol · Penn and the Indians · Penn Plans the City · Further Reading.
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