161-Quit Rent System Under William Penn
from Discovering America Podcast Hosted by Terry Noorda
Individuals were starting a new life across the ocean and with that were able to purchase land. This land also had some strings attached. The crown had amount that was due for lands sold to the Proprietors, such as William Penn. The new comers had to purchase and pay a yearly fee upon what land was obtained, they experienced the old feudal system of "Quit-Rent." This episode covers this system in Pennsylvania and the Lower Counties.
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