USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1681, King Charles II granted him a charter to found a new colony in America. Penn arrived in America in 1682 and established the groundwork for the formation of the Pennsylvania colony . His pluralistic approach attracted a diverse range of people from many faiths.

Detailed explanation-2: -Penn’s Treaty with the Indians when he founded the colony of Pennsylvania in North America, painted in 1771 by Benjamin West.

Detailed explanation-3: -William Penn, (born October 14, 1644, London, England-died July 30, 1718, Buckinghamshire), English Quaker leader and advocate of religious freedom, who oversaw the founding of the American Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers and other religious minorities of Europe.

Detailed explanation-4: -Quakers, as well as several other Christian populations including Anglicans, Presbyterians, and Lutherans, served in the Assembly alongside one another-a distinctive characteristic of Pennsylvania’s government compared to other British colonies.

Detailed explanation-5: -William Penn (24 October [O.S. 14 October] 1644 – 10 August [O.S. 30 July 1718] 1718) was an English writer and religious thinker belonging to the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, a North American colony of England.