William Penn was born on this day. Without this day all the stuff he has accomplished would have never happened.

William Penn Died on this day. This is significant because he died during the start of the american revolution this is important because he accomplished so much in his lifetime.

over forty-five thousand square miles of land. This made Penn not just the owner of thousands of square miles of land in North America, but also the proprietor of a whole new colony.

William Penn first arrives in what will become the City of Philadelphia. This is the first person that discovered what we know today as Pennsylvania.

It is important because o bolster the reputation of William Penn's son Thomas, who hadn't been very fair in his dealings with the local Natives, and whose near royal authority over the colony was not popular on the eve of the revolutionary War.

It is important because it recognized the authority of the King and Parliament over the colony, while creating a local governing body that would propose and execute the laws.