FOUR COLONY MODELS (4)Model of
Pennsylvania (Quaker )
founder,William Penn
(seeking a place for their religious belief which included people
contact directly with God,the inner light,God is in everyone’s soul;
simple but productive life,thrifty and self-denial)
received a grant from King Charles II in 1681 for the 16000
pounds of debt
Penn made no restrictions on immigration & naturalization
- idea of the melting-pot; established a liberal self-government;
government had no interference with individual religious belief