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What colony was founded by a Quaker?

William Penn established the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania .


What Quaker leader established Pennsylvania?

William Penn.


What colony was found a Quakers colony?

William Penn established the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania .


Which great Quaker leader established Pennsylvania a colony of complete religious freedom?

willam penn


What religions did the colony of Pennsylvania have?

Quaker.


What state settled by Quakers?

One of the North American States settled by Quakers was Pennsylvania which was established by Quaker William Penn.


What role did the religious freedom play in the founding of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania?

William Penn who established Pennsylvania was a Quaker and saw Pennsylvania as a holy experiment. He wanted to shape the new colony around the Quaker's ideas. Rhode Island was a place of religious tleration which made it easy for people facing religios prejudice to start a new life.


Why was Pennsylvania established?

The Pennsylvania Colony was established because William Penn was in possession of a land grant that had been owed to his father before he died. Penn was a Quaker and wanted to establish a colony where there would be freedom from religious persecution.


What was the state that was originally claimed by the Quakers?

Because it was established as a Colony to provide a refuge for European Quakers.


What state was settled by the Quakers?

Pennsylvania is best know for Quaker settlers.


Which colony was founded to put Quaker ideas into practice?

Pennsylvania Pennsylvania was founded for the Quaker's ideas to be brought into practice


Which established church dominated Pennsylvania?

The Quakers dominated Pennsylvania during colonial times. William Penn, whom the state was named after, was a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania on Quaker principle and named a main city, Philadelphia, meaning the city of brotherly love.