SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE MIDDLE COLONIES NEW YORK DELAWARE NEW JERSEY PENNSYLVANIA
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Mercy
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Follow
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -He believed that people were born with certain natural rights and privileges of freedom. In his First Frame of Government (1682), he provided for secure private property, free enterprise, free press, trial by jury, and religious toleration.
Detailed explanation-2: -Penn, who was involved in the project but himself remained in England, drafted a charter of liberties for the settlement. He guaranteed free and fair trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom from unjust imprisonment and free elections.
Detailed explanation-3: -The motto of the University, Leges Sine Moribus Vanae, means “Laws without morals are useless (in vain).” It comes from the longer quotation from Horace, “Quid leges sine moribus vanae proficient” the sense of which is “of what avail are empty laws without (good) morals."
Detailed explanation-4: -"I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do, or any kindness or abilities that I can show to any fellow creature, let me do it now. Let me not defer it or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again."