William Penn established the colony of Pennsylvania (Penn's Wilderness) as a haven for Quakers. The Pennsylvania colony was very liberal for its time. Penn <span>wanted religious tolerance for all.
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The middle colonies had a lot of fertile soil which allowed for wheat and corn to become major trading resources. They also had rice, tobacco, and cotton.
<span>Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway, Apple and banks are a few examples. For owner-operated businesses, the holding company structure also offers key advantages over holding assets and operations in a single company. At its simplest, a holding company owns all of the shares or units of one or more subsidiaries.</span><span>Nov 8, 2013</span>
William Tweed was the leader of Tammany hall who grew rich through corruption but did little to solve any of New York's problems.
