. The student's American history . lliam Penn; Pennsobject; provisions of the charter. — William Penn, one ofthe most influential of the English Quakers, inherited from his father. Admiral Penn, a claim againstthe Crown for ^16,000. Charles the debt by issuing (1681)a charter granting his creditor an im-mense tract of land bordering on thewestern bank of the Delaware, and ex-tending five degrees into the interior.^^Out of respect to the memory of Pennsfather, the King named the new prov-ince Pennsylvania.^^^- Penns object was to make what hecalled a Holy Experiment ; in otherword
. The student's American history . lliam Penn; Pennsobject; provisions of the charter. — William Penn, one ofthe most influential of the English Quakers, inherited from his father. Admiral Penn, a claim againstthe Crown for ^16,000. Charles the debt by issuing (1681)a charter granting his creditor an im-mense tract of land bordering on thewestern bank of the Delaware, and ex-tending five degrees into the interior.^^Out of respect to the memory of Pennsfather, the King named the new prov-ince Pennsylvania.^^^- Penns object was to make what hecalled a Holy Experiment ; in otherwords, to found a commonwealth inAmerica where all Christians might dwell together on the broadbasis of the Golden Rule.^^ Such toleration did not exist inthe old country. Those who did not uphold the establishedform of worship were regarded as virtually disloyal. Penndeclared that according to the current of thought thenprevailing in Great Britain, No Churchman meant no Eng-lishman, and no conformist meant no subject.^** In despair. 1681-.] ENGLISH AND FRENCH SETTLEMENTS. I I / of obtaining religious liberty at home, he now turned to theNew World. The charter made him (i) the true and absolute Proprietaryof the country ; (2) acting with the freemen of the colony hehad power to make all needful laws, provided they were notrepugnant to the laws of England ; all legislation was subjectto the Kings veto ; (3) the Church of England might be estab-lished in the colony, but no restrictions were to be imposed onother forms of Christian worship ; (4) the Proprietary had thesole power to erect courts and appoint judges for the colony;(5) it was expressly provided that the English Parliament shouldhave the right to levy not only custom duties, but taxes on thepeople of Pennsylvania. This last provision had never beforebeen inserted in any colonial charter.*^ For nearly a hundredyears it remained as harmless as a sheathed sword, then out ofit suddenly sprang the War of Independence. 140. Em
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