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William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania.
William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania
While they were mostly Church of England it was not founded by a religious group or for religious motivations.
The proprietor of the colony that founded as a haven for Quakers was William Penn, who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1677, which used to contain the western half of New Jersey.
In 1664, the Maryland assembly passed the Toleration Act, which allowed religious freedom in the colony to all Christians.
Porstmouth Rhode Island was founded by a group of religious disssenturs from Boston Colony; Dr. John Clarke, William Coddington and Anne Hutchinson
The first waves of settlers to New England wanted religious freedom. Pennsylvannia and Maryland, as well as Rhode Island, were founded for no other reason than to create a place for a certain religious group.
The Puritans, a religious group seeking to purify the Church of England, hoped to establish a Christian colony in America. They sought a place where they could practice their faith freely and create a society based on their religious beliefs. In 1620, they founded Plymouth Colony, and later, the Massachusetts Bay Colony became a significant center for Puritanism. Their vision was to create a "city upon a hill" that exemplified their religious ideals.
The England colony founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 was Plymouth Colony. Established by a group of English Puritans seeking religious freedom, the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower and settled in present-day Massachusetts. Plymouth became one of the earliest successful colonies in New England and is famously known for the celebration of the first Thanksgiving.
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