Quakers were Protestant reformers:
• They believed that all people were equal.
• They refused to serve in the army and opposed all warfare.
• They refused to pay taxes to the Church of England.
Therefore, the Quakers were persecuted in England!
• Many Quakers were jailed, fined, and hanged.
King Charles II made William Penn, a Quaker, the proprietor of some land in America named Pennsylvania.
- Penn wanted Pennsylvania to be a model of religious freedom.
- Penn believed that land should be bought and not taken from the Native Americans.
- Thousands of Europeans moved to Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia (the “City of Brotherly Love”) grew quickly.
