Who Was William Penn?: And Other Questions about the Founding of Pennsylvania

by Marty Rhodes Figley

Book Overview

William Penn was only twenty-two years old the first time he went to prison. He had attended a meeting of the Quakers, people who practiced a religion forbidden in Britain during the 1600s. Despite the dangers, Penn became a Quaker leader, and he dreamed of a place where people could freely practice religion. Britain's king later gave Penn one of the British colonies in North America. In Pennsylvannia, Penn organized a new kind of government--a...

• Format: Library Binding
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761353283
• ISBN13: 9780761353287
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Lerner Publications (Tm)
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7