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'''William Penn''' (1644-1718) was a Quaker leader in England and a friend of the king; he founded the colony of [[Pennsylvania]] and his family kept ownership until the American Revolution. He had been persecuted in England for his [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] faith, and welcomed Quakers to his colony.

'''William Penn''' (1644-1718) was a Quaker leader in England and a friend of the king; he founded the colony of [[Pennsylvania]] and his family kept ownership until the American Revolution. He had been persecuted in England for his [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] faith, and welcomed Quakers to his colony.

==Career==

==Career==

Penn was the son of the powerful and rich Admiral Sir William Penn. He became a Quaker at the age of 24 and was expelled from Oxford University for that reason in 1662. He then traveled in France and Italy; served briefly in the Royal navy and then studied law in Lincoln's Inn, London. In 1666 his father sent him to Ireland to manage his estates. He was imprisoned in Ireland as the result of participation in a disturbance at a Quaker meeting in Cork, but was released and returned to London an avowed Quaker.  A vigorous promotedr of the new religion, he spoke widely and wrote influential pamphlets, such as ''The Sandy Foundation Shaken'' (1668) and ''No Cross, No Crown."" He was imprisoned in 1669 for failure to remove his hat in court, but was released on the death of his father in 1670. He was arrested again the same year and wrote ''The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience'' while serving a six-month prison term. Released in 1671, he made a continental missionary tour and married Gulielma Springett in 1672.  From 1675 to 1680 he was deeply engaged in oral and written religious and political agitation.  

Penn was the son of the powerful and rich Admiral Sir William Penn. He became a Quaker at the age of 24 and was expelled from Oxford University for that reason in 1662. He then traveled in France and Italy; served briefly in the Royal navy and then studied law in Lincoln's Inn, London. In 1666 his father sent him to Ireland to manage his estates. He was imprisoned in Ireland as the result of participation in a disturbance at a Quaker meeting in Cork, but was released and returned to London an avowed Quaker.  A vigorous promotedr of the new religion, he spoke widely and wrote influential pamphlets, such as ''The Sandy Foundation Shaken'' (1668) and ''No Cross, No Crown.'' He was imprisoned in 1669 for failure to remove his hat in court, but was released on the death of his father in 1670. He was arrested again the same year and wrote ''The Great Case of Liberty of Conscience'' while serving a six-month prison term. Released in 1671, he made a continental missionary tour and married Gulielma Springett in 1672.  From 1675 to 1680 he was deeply engaged in oral and written religious and political agitation.

 

==Coloniszer==

==Coloniszer==

Penn became interested in a refuge for Quakers to freely practice their religion in the New World.  Quakers were uunwelcome in New England (several were hung in Boston for proselytizing), so he sought a new colony. He promoted successful Quaker colonization in New Jersey, for which he designed the famous "Concession and Agreements," his earliest governmental program.  

Penn became interested in a refuge for Quakers to freely practice their religion in the New World.  Quakers were uunwelcome in New England (several were hung in Boston for proselytizing), so he sought a new colony. He promoted successful Quaker colonization in New Jersey, for which he designed the famous "Concession and Agreements," his earliest governmental program.