USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Quakers believed it a part of their Christian duty to look after the Indians. They established committees specifically for Indian Concerns or Affairs. Quakers were recruited by the Federal Government to deal with the Indians since they had good relations with the Indians.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Quakers treated the Indians as spiritual equals but cultural inferiors who must learn European ways or perish. They stressed allotment of tribal lands and the creation of individual farms.

Detailed explanation-3: -This new sect called themselves the Society of Friends, or Quakers, whose faith and practices were so radical that persecution fell upon them. Ultimately, this persecution and their desire for spiritual freedom led them to flee England and establish a religious haven in Pennsylvania.

Detailed explanation-4: -Many Quakers settled in the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, due to its policy of religious freedom, as well as the British colony of Pennsylvania which was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted Quakers.