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Pennsylvania was called a holy experiment because a bunch of Quakers decided to experiment (it was holy because it was just Quakers) and try to make a community in what is now Pennsylvania.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt was an experiment to see how people lived with religious freedom.
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Who founded Pennsylvania as a Holy Experiment?
William Penn
What colony began as a holy experiment?
Pennsylvania
What colony was founded as a holy experiment?
Pennsylvania.
What colony began as the Holy Experiment?
Pennsylvania
What colony is the holy experiment associated with?
Penn's woods or currently Pennsylvania is associated with the Holy Experiment of the Quakers in the mid 17th century.
Who started a colony for Quakers?
In 1681, William Penn saw Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment," a chance to put his Quaker ideas into practice.
Early Pennsylvania was also referred as the?
holy experiment
What was William Penn's Holy Experiment?
His holy experiment was to have religioustoleration (letting people practice whatever religion they want) throughout his colony.
What was the Holly Experiment?
I do not know of any "Holly experiment", however:The "Holy Experiment" was an attempt by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania.
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.
Name the colony considered a holy experiment that believed in equality for all and fair treatment for Native Americans?
PENNSYLVANIA
What role did religious freedom play you the founding of Rhode Island and Pennsylvania?
William Penn considered Pennsylvania to be a "holy experiment" to test out Quaker ideas of peace and equality. Rhode Island was a place for people facing religious prejudice to start again. Dissatisfaction with a Puritan-ran gov't.
