WILLIAM PENN 1644-1718

BY: OLIVIA HETZEL.

WILLIAM’S EARLY LIFE

WILLIAM PENN WAS BORN IN LONDON, ENGLAND

LATER IN WILLIAM’S LIFE

WILLIAM HAD HAPPY DAYS WITH HIS MOTHER.

AFTER SEVERAL YEARS RICHARD, HIS LITTLE BROTHER, AND HIS LITTLE SISTER, MARGARET, CAME HOME.

PENN MEETS THE QUAKERS

WILLIAM PENN WENT TO OXFORD UNIVERSITY.IT IS A OLD, OLD SCHOOL.

AFTER SCHOOL ONE DAY, WILLIAM FINISHED STUDYING, ANOTHER STUDENT INVITED HIM TO GO TO A RELIGIOUS MEETING. TOMAS LOE WAS THE PREACHER .

THE INDIANS

WILLIAM PENN SAILED UP THE DELEWARE RIVER TO THE NEW COLONY.

HE SPENT MANY EVENINGS WITH THEM IN THEIR NEW HOMES.

DURING THIS TIME HE SPENT MANY DAYS MAKING FRIENDS WITH THE INDIANS AND PAYING THEM FOR THE LAND THE QUAKERS WERE USING.

UNDER THIS BIG ELM TREE WILLIAM AND THE INDIANS MADE A TREATY OF FRIENDSHIP.

WILLIAM’S DEATH

WILLIAM DIED IN ENGLAND.

TODAY PHILADELPHIA IS THE LARGEST CITY IN PENNSYLVANIA.