USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Penn, who had been jailed multiple times for his Quaker beliefs, went on to found Pennsylvania as a sanctuary for religious freedom and tolerance.

Detailed explanation-2: -Penn and other Quakers believed that everyone had to seek God in his or her own way. Penn also thought that religious tolerance – or “liberty of conscience” – would create stronger governments and wealthier societies. Other English thinkers in the 1600s shared these ideas.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Penn, who founded Pennsylvania, was a leading defender of religious freedom. Born in London, England, Penn was the son of an admiral of the British fleet. He attended Oxford University until he was expelled for joining the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers.

Detailed explanation-4: -Penn rejected Anglicanism and joined the Quakers (Society of Friends), who were subject to official persecution in England. He was the author of a number of books in which he variously argued for religious toleration, expounded the Quaker-Puritan morality, and expressed a qualified anti-Trinitarianism.

Detailed explanation-5: -George Fox, (born July 1624, Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England-died January 13, 1691, London), English preacher and missionary and founder of the Society of Friends (or Quakers).