USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -William Penn, (born October 14, 1644, London, England-died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire), English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quakers of Penn’s colony, like their counterparts across the Delaware River in New Jersey, established an extremely liberal government for the seventeenth century. Religious freedom was granted and there was no tax-supported church.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania and one of the first champions of expressive freedoms in the American colonies, demonstrated how a free society could work and how individuals of different races and religions could live together in liberty and peace.

Detailed explanation-4: -He believed religious freedom promoted industriousness and discipline among the citizens of a nation. In other words, farmers and laborers would not be motivated to contribute to a society in which they could not worship God freely. Penn planned Pennsylvania with these views on religion and government in mind.