USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -As sole proprietor, Penn established the Province of Pennsylvania (meaning “Penn’s Woods” and named for his father) as a “holy experiment”-intended for Quakers but open to everyone.

Detailed explanation-2: -What was the Holy Experiment? The Holy Experiment was William Penn’s attempt to establish a colony where religious toleration would be maintained without abuse by the government.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Penn and other Quakers within the Middle Colonies believed that everyone had to seek God in his or her own way. Penn viewed his new colony as a “Holy Experiment” offering religious tolerance and stronger governments.

Detailed explanation-4: -Its founder, English reformer William Penn, born on October 14, 1644, in London, England, named it in honor of his father. Persecuted in England for his Quaker faith, Penn came to America in 1682 and established Pennsylvania as a place where people could enjoy freedom of religion.

Detailed explanation-5: -The “Holy Experiment” was an attempt by the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, to establish a community for themselves and other persecuted religious minorities in what would become the modern state of Pennsylvania.