Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges and Liberties (1701)

question 39

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Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges and Liberties (1701)
William Penn
KNOW YE THEREFORE, That for the further Well-being and good Government of the said Province, and Territories; and in Pursuance of the Rights and Powers before-mentioned, I the said William Penn do declare, grant and confirm, unto all the Freemen, Planters and Adventurers, and other Inhabitants of this Province and Territories, these following Liberties, Franchises and Privileges . . .
BECAUSE no People can be truly happy, though under the greatest Enjoyment of Civil Liberties . . . I do hereby grant and declare, That no Person or Persons, inhabiting in this Province or Territories, who shall confess and acknowledge One almighty God, the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the World; and profess him or themselves obliged to live quietly under the Civil Government, shall be in any Case molested or prejudiced, in his or their Person or Estate, because of his or their conscientious Persuasion or Practice, nor be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious Worship, Place or Ministry, contrary to his or their Mind, or to do or suffer any other Act or Thing, contrary to their religious Persuasion.
AND that all Persons who also profess to believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior of the World, shall be capable . . . to serve this Government in any Capacity, both legislatively and executively, he or they solemnly promising, when lawfully required, Allegiance to the King as Sovereign, and Fidelity to the Proprietary and Governor . . .
-What was the primary reason that William Penn granted religious freedom in his colony?

• A) to antagonize the Puritan New England colonies for expressing disdain for the Quaker religion
• B) to encourage settlers to come to his colony
• C) to provide a haven for all religions being persecuted in Europe
• D) to foster peaceful coexistence with the Native American population in Pennsylvania

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