William Penn and Pennsylvania

William Penn had converted to Quakerism in 1667 and began writing controversial pamphlets before founding the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.He accepted the major mission of establishing Colony of Pennsylvania which was grant in lieu of a debt owned by the Crown to his family. Besides, he is looked up as a founder father of the other three colonies West and East New Jersey and Delaware. Influenced by the doctrine of the holy experiment followed by Quakers, William Penn visualized ac colony that was peaceful where the Native Americas were treated as humans with equal dignity. This was something novel that was not tried out in other British colonies so far. Secondly, Penn favored freedom of religion, faith and practices, and religious tolerance. He encouraged the dissenters and minorities groups to settle in Pennsylvania. This doctrine of religious liberty is reflected in the Bill of Rights that was enacted in 1789. Though the Charter of the Crown gave William Penn and his successors to keep arms t and wage arms against pirates, savages and enemies, this was avoided as Penn believed in the renunciation of war. However, this policy became a problem in the later years. Besides, he e also was in favor of separation of religion from the state. Further, according to him, Pennsylvania would have a democratic government where every person would have a voice through the system of one person one vote. He also favored internal peace and voiced in through his work Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe by the Establishment of an European Dyet, Parliament or Estates. Good education and civil and criminal courts were other priorities that Penn wanted to establish in Pennsylvania. All these ideals which the Quakers wanted to achieve however, had certain limitations.