USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Quakers, though few in numbers, have been influential in the history of reform. The colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith.

Detailed explanation-2: -Quakers are people who belong to a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations known as the Religious Society of Friends. Members of these movements ("the Friends") are generally united by a belief in each human’s ability to experience the light within or see “that of God in every one".

Detailed explanation-3: -Penn was part of a religious sect known as the Society of Friends. Its members were called “Quakers” by their enemies because their intense meetings sometimes led members to shake in fits of spiritual fervor.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Quaker belief in living in accordance to God’s will and the radical idea of equality of men was essential to the success of Penn’s “holy experiment.” Quakers were the most important ingredient in Pennsylvania society during its first twenty years of existence.

Detailed explanation-5: -One of the original 13 colonies, Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for his fellow Quakers. Pennsylvania’s capital, Philadelphia, was the site of the first and second Continental Congresses in 1774 and 1775, the latter of which produced the Declaration of Independence, sparking the American Revolution.