William Penn's Pennsylvania "God ... will, I believe, bless and make it the seed of a nation"

American Minute ^ | October 14, 2019 | Bill Federer

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After Columbus discovered the New World, Spain grew in power to surpass Portugal as the largest global empire, giving rise the saying, the sun never set on the Spanish Empire.

From Madrid, the Spanish Holy Roman Emperor Charles V ruled territories in Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Africa, Asia, the Pacific, and all the way to the Philippines.

Catholic Spain was instrumental in beating back the attacks of the Muslim Ottoman Turks from taking over Europe, most notably at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571.

Rather than following up on this astounding victory and freeing the rest of the Mediterranean from Ottoman control, Spain turned its attention to smashing the Protestant Reformation in Holland and England.

Unfortunately for Spain, its famed Spanish Armada was destroyed in 1588 by the combined efforts of the British and Dutch navies, aided by a hurricane.

Following this, the British and the Dutch competed with each other as to who would be the largest maritime power.

This erupted into the Anglo-Dutch Wars of 1652-54, 1665-67, and 1672-1674

A notable British commander during the Anglo-Dutch Wars was William Penn, Sr.

During Britain's Civil War, Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell had King Charles I beheaded in 1649.

Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell then sent Admiral William Penn, Sr., to the Caribbean, where he captured Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655.

Being so far from England, British inhabitants of Jamaica turned to privateers, pirates and buccaneers for protection, resulting in the city of Port Royal becoming infamous as "the Sodom of the New World," till it was destroyed in an earthquake in 1692.

In 1660, Admiral William Penn, Sr., sailed to Amsterdam and helped bring King Charles II back to

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