The Walking Purchase of 1737
A) led to war with the Iroquois and a divided confederacy.
B) was a land deal that colonial leaders intended would keep German immigrants out of the backcountry.
C) was drawn up from William Penn's agreement with the English monarchy.
D) sparked a slave revolt because it made it nearly impossible for slaves to run away.
E) introduced to the colony of Pennsylvania fraudulent practices of taking Indian lands.

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The Walking Purchase of 1737 was a fraudulent land deal that introduced to the colony of Pennsylvania the practices of taking Indian lands. The deal involved the colonial leaders tricking the Lenape Indians into agreeing to a land sale that was much larger than they had intended, leading to years of conflict and tensions between the colonial settlers and native tribes.