Unlike the Quakers of Pennsylvania, other settlers forcibly took land from natives to establish their colonies. The Quakers however were peaceful while acquiring land, leaving them with good relations with the Indians. William Penn and other Quakers came over to the new world for religious freedom and prosperous plantations. Their approach on acquiring land was better than the other colonies because they built friendship with the Indians and everyone among the colony was equal. The Quakers main reason for coming across the Atlantic was for religious freedom from the Anglican Church in England. Like the Puritans, Quakers were being persecuted by English authorities. However, the Quakers were tremendously different from other religions found …show more content…
Lastly, Quakers rejected the Puritan beliefs of social stratification. Which is, “the division of society into roles of greater and lesser importance.” Peace was also found within the colony among settlers because no one felt more significant compared to another. Women and men had equal opportunity and responsibility as a member of a Quaker colony also within the church. Because their beliefs significantly contrasted to that of the churches in England, one could see why the Quakers would want to seek new land to live in while proceeding in their religion. The Quakers religion greatly affected the development of their colony because their pacifists and friendly ways were a significant factor in the friendships formed with the natives which would in some ways would help the progression the growth of the colony. “In the most of the histories, in which we can trace the character of the Indian nations, we find them abound either with romantic tales, or scenes of cruelty and barbarity, calculated to excite prejudice in the mind of the reader; but in this will be found the conciliating language of peace and mutual friendship, and a disposition on the part of the Indians, to exchange the tomahawk and scalping