SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Belief in accepting and respecting each individual’s uniqueness. Belief in the spirituality of life. Belief in the value of simplicity.
Detailed explanation-2: -Quaker Principles S.P.I.C.E.S. This acronym-Simplicity, Peace, Integrity, Community, Equality, Stewardship-captures core Quaker principles, called testimonies, and can serve as a guide to a meaningful life.
Detailed explanation-3: -They also refused to doff their hats before magistrates or to swear oaths. They opposed war and gave women the right to speak at public meetings, holding that both sexes were equal in their ability to expound God’s teachings. The Quakers rejected the orthodox Calvinist belief in predestination.
Detailed explanation-4: -Quakers were not only to refrain from fighting in any war, but enjoined toward living their lives as peacemakers. Friends have affirmed that “our witness is not narrow and negative but far-reaching in its scope and intensely positive in the active service for Christ’s peaceable Kingdom to which it calls us."(3).