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Group Tasks
Spirit 5859 (B)• Describe the problems in Dutch controlled New York. Explain the changes the colonial leaders proposed.
Spirit 5960 (C) • Explain what made Pennsylvania a successful colony.
Handout A• Explain what Tolles states as the reasons why the Middle Colonies were successful establishments in North America. Do you agree with his interpretation?
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• a Quaker and wanted refuge for Quakers and other religions.
The Society of Friends:• Also known as “Quakers”• Christians who sought to return their faith to the simplicity & spirituality of the
early church fathers.
The Inner Light: God is in everyone. • One does not have to follow Christian dogma, like the Puritans did. • Everyone can attain salvation
• Quaker Profile: · pacifists so no military defense equality between the sexes small families to ensure enough love for their children Do not believe in predestination Will not take oaths social equality (no social class structure) only marry other Quakers church decisions had to be unanimous dealing fairly with the Indians (they had no militia)
Pennsylvania (1681)William Penn