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GBScGv1681Mar04King Charles II grants William Penn royal charter for Pennsylvania
NAScGv  10English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania
NAMvSt1682Jun18William Penn founds Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
NAScGv Aug24Duke James II gives Delaware to William Penn
GBMvSt  30William Penn leaves England to sail to New World
NAScGv Oct26William Penn accepts area around Delaware River from Duke of York
NAMvSt  29William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania
NAScGv1683Jun23William Penn signs a treaty with the chiefs of the Lenni Lenape tribe to guarantee peace between the two groups -- only treaty "not sworn to, nor broken"
NA????1700May07William Penn begins monthly meetings for Blacks advocating emancipation
NAScGv1701Oct28William Penn replaces the Frame of Government for Pennsylvania (1682) with the Charter of Privileges



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