nov 9, 1681 - Pennsylvania

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In the area west of New Jersey, William Penn and a group of Quakers established another colony that expressed the ideals of religious toleration. The Quakers were a religious group that believed in equality of men and women, nonviolence, and resistance to military service; overall, they were pacifists, but were forced to flee persecution from the English. William Penn was the founder of the Pennsylvania colony, a young convert, who was granted the land for the royal family’s debt to his father. “The Holy Experiment” was Penn’s attempt to establish a colony that would provide religious toleration for all persecuted religions. His ideals were important as he established a representative assembly and was involved in matters in person, instead of across the ocean. It would set up his political ideals to connect to his religious ones, as he believed religious toleration was important and allowed for community collaboration.

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