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Personal Preference of Pennsylvania When given the choice, “Would you like to live in Pennsylvania or the Massachusetts Bay Colony?” Who wouldn’t choose to go to Pennsylvania? Pennsylvania was established by William Penn in 1681 after King Charles II gave it to him as a gift. It started the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania. There were advertisements everywhere in Europe and everyone was welcome there. Many people wanted to go to Pennsylvania for the economical, religious, and social reasons. Pennsylvania had a great economy. Whenever a person decided to go live there they were given free land. It was a pretty big chunk of land it was around fifty acres of land as a welcome gift to the new people in Pennsylvania. They also were given no taxation on the church. Everyone who lived in Pennsylvania was happy with the economy in their colony. If there was a religious “outcast” or a banished individual, Pennsylvania was the safe place for them to go. A person who studied a different religion such as being a Quaker or an Atheist, pretty much anything that wasn’t a Puritan, was known as a religious outcast. These outcasts could come to Pennsylvania and the people of Pennsylvania would not push their own personal religions on them. The people liked the toleration of all religions so much that the population grew rapidly. In Pennsylvania everyone had a voice. It was a democratic colony, and even the women had the right to vote there. Everyone was equal in Pennsylvania and that was important to the people. Pennsylvanians were known as the “Colonial Hippies” because they were different than the other colonies. Pennsylvania was all about peace and love and they respected the Native Americans and worked with them and bought the land instead of just taking it from them. Pennsylvania was not big on harsh laws. Opposed to other colonies, the punishment of death only applied to the crimes of murder and lechery. The main laws in Pennsylvania were no violence or excessive consumption of alcohol or excessive gambling. It was a very peaceful colony. Because of their great economy, freedom of religion, and positive social aspects the colony of choice would be Pennsylvania instead of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Everyone was welcome and they were free people, with only a few laws. Everybody had the right to vote and everybody got along.