They believed in nonviolence and equality.
They believed in nonviolence and equality.
William Penn (the first owner of Pennsylvania)
Penn Quakers football was created in 1877.
QuakerWilliam Penn was a Quaker. The Quakers are known today as the "Religious Society of Friends."
Penn came to America because he made a deal with some ruling authority (I forget who, but I believe it may have been the king). Said authority didn't tolerate Quakers like Penn, but he owed William's father a favor, so he gave Penn a plot of land in America, where he and the other Quakers went, settling in modern-day Pennsylvania.
Penn Quakers men's lacrosse was created in 1900.
the pilgrims
What impressed William Penn about the Quakers during the plague
Yes. Penn had founded the colony of Pennsylvania, and was the Governer, too. He was the leader of the Quakers, as well. Pennsylvania was called the Land of the Quakers because of Penn.
The Quakers
The Quakers
In 1681, William Penn saw Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment," a chance to put his Quaker ideas into practice.