How Did William Penn Influence America

Both the Puritans and William Penn Viewed their colonies as ‘holy experiments’. How did they differ? Penn viewed his colony as a colony in which everyone was treated equally, including blacks, women and the Native Americans. This was unlike the Puritans who believed in slave labor and that women should not be able to conduct their own business(aside from being literal, holding public office or voting).

The biggest motivation in Penn and Winthrop was their views on religion and how it should be carried out in the community. Penn was one the few and first to believe in religious toleration and freedom to worship any religion without the fear of persecution. The Quaker communities would welcome all forms of religion such as Baptism and Evangelism while the Puritans would be very secluded. The Puritans thought any other religion would bring in vile thought and immoral ideals that would affect their community. Puritans would discourage any other form of religion which made them a very isolated, homogenous, group of people. Penn's views would also shape the future government of the United States.

The Quakers were different from many of the settlers of other early American colonies. The Quakers, also known as the Society of Friends, were built upon ideals of pacifism and benevolence. They did not come here as traders or merchants. The Quakers came here for religious freedom, as did many others. However, Quakers, who had experienced persecution in other colonies like

Religion was important to the Quaker and Puritans, but how far they took it made them different. Instead of fighting to purify the Church of England, the Puritans just traveled to the New World. They settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony, which is Boston today. They were able to start over and do it the right way, but everyone had to practice the bible or be punished. In their purified eyes, the Church back in England was embracing too many Catholic beliefs. Puritans had zero tolerance and took religion very seriously, making them a theocracy after leaving that in the first place.They were led by John Winthrop. On the other hand, the Quakers were known as “the friends.” They believed everyone had their own inner light

William Penn, an English entrepreneur, had an unforeseen impact on the history of the United States of America. Penn had been already a champion for democracy, religious freedom, and anti-slavery movements. Through his good relations with both the common people of England and the Indians of Pennsylvania, Penn was able to secure an entire state for many years to come. So that people could escape persecution for their religious beliefs, have more freedom, and have a good relationship with the Indians.

John A. Morettam author of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy, presents William Penn's life in a very informational and positively biased story through his years. He looks majorily on the side that William Penn's decisions were right and that his childhood and young adulthood, founding of Pennsylvania, and in his later years his selling of Pennsylvania were all done well. William Penn accomplished a lot and was an esteemed gentleman, and the author really portays him as such while describing everything William did, as well as his relationships. And so the novel starts off with William Penn's father's influence on William Penn Jr. in many different ways. In the beginning of the story it was neglect. He was

Pennsylvania was the name of the settlement that he established and accommodated Quakers who were being murdered for going against the guidelines of the Church of England. Additionally, Pennsylvania was a place where all people were allowed to practice diverse worshipping which laid down the foundation of the freedom of worship in the Americas, which was not being allowed in other colonies including that of the Spaniards and French territories. Also, he showed that the natives and the whites could exist in harmony by being fair to them. A good example is where he was buying land at a fair price to locals instead of taking it by force unlike other explorers and settlers (Scott et al., 2016,

William Penn, was born in England on October 14 1644. A follower of the quaker religion, Penn dreamed of establishing a place where people would be free to worship in what ever way they wanted. He recieved the land he wished for from Englands King Charles II He settled that land as a colony called Pennsylvania. Penn traveled twice to Pensylvania but each time he had to return to England? He died in England in 1718.

William was best known for founding the colony of Pennsylvania as a place religious freedom in America. Also noted for his twenties converted to the Quaker religion. By 1670, Penn had become a figure of importance in the Quaker community.

Quakerism has been around since the mid-17th century and took off in England. While learning in class I picked up on a few facts and ideas that Quakers believe in. Although this was hard to do at first, because of how different the Quaker beliefs are from my own religion, after  studying and researching it all began to make sense. In Quakerism Quakers believe that there is 'That of God Within' everyone. This means that in every human soul there is implanted a certain element of God's own Spirit and divine energy. Friends generally believe that first-hand knowledge of God is only possible through that which is experienced, or inwardly revealed to the individual human being through the working of God's quickening Spirit. This explains the attitude

“By 1652 George Fox had been travelling in the Midlands and North of England, turning people into the Quaker faith. George then met James Nayler, William Dewsbury and Richard Farnsworth, many of the important early Quakers who would help and spread the religion all around. In Spring of 1652, George climbed Pendle Hill in Lancashire and had a vision of people waiting to be brought in to the light. This helped George Fox’s preaching, and over the years there was around 50,000 Quakers and they were still increasing over the years” (History of Quakers).

In England, the Quakers beliefs were thought of as dangerous and devilish. Their beliefs were to different from England’s version of orthodox Christianity so England started persecuting the group. After 10,000 Quakers had been thrown in to jail and 243 had died from the torture in the jails, they came to America to find refuge. From 1681 to 1685 over 8,000 Quakers had come to the New World and settled in Pennsylvania.

THroughout the 17th and 18th century, various religion were made due to the government system. William penn was a member to the religois society

The rights given to Catholics and Quakers to serve in political positions were not allowed in England. So, when the Europeans arrived to the new world, these new ideas were introduced. In 1680 Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn (46, Foner) and later promoted religious tolerance. This soon promoted political freedoms “… all person who also profess to believe in Jesus Christ…shall be capable…to serve this Government in any capacity, both legislatively and executively. (47, Foner) But around 1632, in Maryland “…the early colonists included a number of Catholic gentlemen and priests, and Calvert appointed many Catholics to public office.”(27,

Although religion wasn’t a major incentive in the formation of the Restoration colonies as it was in the New England colonies, it still played a major role in the types of people that migrated to there. Maryland, founded by Lord Baltimore, served as a refuge for Catholics. Nonetheless, Catholics eventually lost control due the influx of other religious groups. Pennsylvania, in the other hand, served as a refuge for the Quakers, who sought out the New World to avoid further persecution for their beliefs in England. Their beliefs were extremely unconventional in regards to the dogmas of the time. For instance, they believed God speaks to one and all through inner light including women, equality for all, challenge the idea of hierarchy, were against slavery, were pacifist, and were very tolerant and liberal minded. The implementation of mercantilist policies as a result of the Restoration, promoted self-sustained economy in the colonies. As a result, rice, cotton, and indigo harvesting