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A Short History of the United States

CHAPTER 8
18/22

The colonial soldiers stormed his fort and killed a thousand Indian warriors.

Before long King Philip himself was killed, and the war slowly came to an end.
[Sidenote: William Penn.] [Sidenote: The Pennsylvania Charter, 1681.] 78.

William Penn .-- Among the greatest Englishmen of that time was William Penn.

He was a Quaker and was also a friend of Charles II and James, Duke of York.

He wished to found a colony in which he and the Quakers could work out their ideas in religious and civil matters.


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