Question

5-minute daily reading review week 20, wednesday germans in america 1 in the 1600s, many german citizens had some major problems. the german government needed to pay for a long war it had fought. so the country forced its citizens to pay a heavy tax. many people had trouble paying the tax. 2 another problem in germany was ownership of land. only the oldest son in a family could inherit land. there was no land left for anyone else. for these and other reasons, people wanted to leave germany and settle in america. 3 an englishman, william penn, was given a land grant by the king of england. penn established pennsylvania. he offered the first true religious freedom in america. he believed that different religions could exist in the same colony. he advertised his religious freedom across europe. 4 this was very attractive to many germans. by the mid 1700s, approximately 75,000 germans had settled in pennsylvania. they saw america as the answer to their problems in germany. many germans settled in located in pennsylvania. in 1683 and was one of t settlements in north am 4. explain what new idea william penn offered to settlers in pennsylvan

Explanation:

To answer this, we refer to the text. In paragraph 3, it says William Penn "offered the first true religious freedom in America. He believed that different religions could exist in the same colony." So we extract this key information about the new idea of religious freedom and co - existence of different religions.

Answer:

William Penn offered the new idea of the first true religious freedom in America. He believed that different religions could exist in the same colony and advertised this religious freedom across Europe.