William Penn.
William Penn was a philosopher, entrepreneur, Quaker and, most notably, the founder of Pennsylvania. He also advocated for religious freedom and democracy.
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William Penn was a Quaker that believed strongly that all humans had the right to religious freedom. He wanted religious freedom in Pennsylvania so that all people, regardless of their stand on politics or whether they were colonists or Native Americans could worship.
No, William Penn, a Quaker, founded Pennsylvania so that he and his fellow Quakers could live in a colony with religious freedom and no prejudice.
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He was a Quaker and had been put in jail for his religion and had been discriminated against.
No, William Penn was not a Puritan. He was a Quaker and the founder of Pennsylvania, establishing the colony as a place for religious freedom and tolerance. Penn's beliefs aligned more closely with the teachings of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, rather than Puritanism.
In America, the quacker religion mainly is in Pennslyvania.
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a Quaker colony on March 4, 1681.