William Penn

The Quakers in America

Quaker ' was a name given to a group of people who were causing religious problems for the crown . Their leader , William Penn , and the people that followed him left England when they were given land in America . They settled in a state called Pennsylvania , though it is known as the Keystone State ' unofficially , it is called the Quaker State as Penn and company practically develpoped the land making it the friendliest ' colony , and later state . To further underscore this one of its cities , Philadelphia , is taken from an

ancient city in the Holy Land which means city of brotherly love ' a fitting name for a city in the land developed by the Quakers who are also known formally and officially as the Society of Friends , or simply Friends among its members . It is said that the Quakers , owing to their distinctive set of values , have contributed to the development of American culture besides the Puritans who came to the New World much earlier than they did There is more to a Quaker than being a mere brand name for an oatmeal It is in America that Quakers made more significant contributions than anywhere else

Like the Jews , the Quakers have also had their share of being misunderstood and even maligned due to ignorance on the part of the outsiders and were therefore objects of ridicule if not persecution The Friends began in England around the middle of the 17th century borne out of the vision of...