Pennsylvania

The middle colonies consisted of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. Pennsylvania was originally founded in 1681 as the result of a royal land grant to William Penn, after which the state was named. Penn established the colony as a safe haven for Quakers who were persecuted in England. Religious freedom was offered to everyone in the colony.
The middle colonies were the most ethnically and religiously diverse of the original 13 colonies.
 Before the Commonwealth was settled by Europeans, the area was home to the Delaware (also known as Lenni Lenape), Susquehannock, Iroquois, Eriez, Shawnee, and other American Indian Nations. Both the Dutch and the English claimed both sides of the Delaware River as part of their colonial lands in America. The Dutch were the first to take possession. During the Anglo-Dutch war the British took control of former Dutch colonies.The Quaker leader Penn had signed a peace treaty with the leader of the Delaware tribe, beginning a long period of friendly relations between the Quakers and the Indians.Additional treaties between Quakers and other tribes followed. The treaty was never violated.