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| William Penn, an English Quaker who had been imprisoned for his beliefs, founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682 with a grant of territory he received from King Charles II of England. The constitution he drew up gave colonists freedom of worship and a voice in the colony’s government. | ||||||
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