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Quaker Leader William Penn |
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| William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682 with a grant of territory he received from King Charles II of England. Penn had written treatises on religion and religious toleration, and he issued a guarantee of religious freedom for his colony. The charter he drew up for the colony’s government, which authorized an elected assembly, influenced many future charters, and possibly even the United States Constitution. | ||||||
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| Colonial America, Life in; Philadelphia (city, Pennsylvania); Penn, William | ||||||
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