John A. Moretta author of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy‚ writes William Penn’s life in a positive way and explains how his work and effort over the years made a change today in history for the United States of America. Being one of the most successful leaders in history‚ Moretta explains and supports Penn’s decisions over the years. Believer of good relations‚ Penn had successful treaties with Indian tribes and resulted the development of the Province of Pennsylvania that today is the state
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William Penn William Penn was born October 14‚ 1644 in London too Admiral Penn and Margret Penn. William was an adventurous little boy catching and finding anything he could. He was an extremely fast runner and could run three miles nonstop. When William was very young he got smallpox and it left him bald; he always had to wear a wig. When William was four years old a group of rebels rose up against the King or Roundheads‚ as they were called‚ over threw King Charles and beheaded him.
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Machiavelli/Macbeth Essay In The Prince by Machiavelli he describes three different ways that a Prince can acquire the throne; these include good fortune‚ merit‚ and crime. In Macbeth by William Shakespeare the reader can conclude that Macbeth obtained the throne through crime only. He does this by influence from the three evil witches‚ betraying his loyal king‚ and setting up the guards. To begin with‚ in Macbeth three witches come to visit Macbeth and Banquo. Well they are there they inform
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William Penn Summary and Legacy John A. Morettam author of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy‚ presents William Penn’s life in a very informational and positively biased story through his years. He looks majorily on the side that William Penn’s decisions were right and that his childhood and young adulthood‚ founding of Pennsylvania‚ and in his later years his selling of Pennsylvania were all done well. William Penn accomplished a lot and was an esteemed gentleman‚ and the author really portays
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prospect of a new world‚ settlers will often return to the comfortable ideal and moral of their mother country‚ England. William Penn was determined to initiate an idea of equality in the hearts of Americans. Over time and dedication‚ he was able to study how the court system can work in his favor to reinvent his presentation and accomplish his objectives. The defining actions of Penn established his position as an American Hero through the Peace Era‚ a period of time that may not have been considered
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William Penn and the Quaker Legacy For many Americans‚ William Penn is just known as the Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania and for his ‘Holy Experiment’. Penn’s achievements were far greater than just the founding of a colony. He had devotion and spirit and love for the Quaker sect and in turn spent his whole life trying to get others to see the good in Quakerism and create toleration for the religion. In the biography of William Penn and the Quaker Legacy‚ John Moretta asserts that William
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William Penn had ideological beliefs that could provide an important foundation for the development of Pennsylvania into a tolerant society. He believed in liberty of conscience‚ the constraints of faith and the role of the state in religious matters. As well as his attitudes towards people of different ethnics or beliefs‚ and most important‚ he believed that people should believe in any religion they wanted to‚ without being persecuted‚ which he defined as illegal‚ immoral‚ and contrary to both
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William Penn was one of the greatest religious leaders in early America because he accepted anyone of any religion into Pennsylvania without any criticism and he went through his own religious persecution that helped him understand the refugees that came to Pennsylvania. He believed that everyone had to seek God in their own way. Pennsylvania had a constitution of its own and their laws displayed fairness. Peace was a law in the Constitution and because of that they had no military draft because
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hard task for the settlers were unskilled and didn’t expect to work‚ the Indians also had their own cultures. William Penn envisioned a haven free from persecution and a place where Quakers could live in harmony and a place to perform his political experiments. The colony’s government was made up of 72 councilmen and 500 assemblymen. William Penn was more successful in his quest. Penn was ambitious‚ educated‚ well traveled‚ and already in the social realm. He sought after the industrious workers
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William James (1842-1910) William James was a philosopher and psychologist but was most well known in the field of Psychology for developing the philosophy of pragmatism‚ or the Functionalist theory: "Theory of mental life and behavior that is concerned with how an organism uses its perceptual abilities to function in its environment." He was also the first Psychologist to be born in America. William James was born on January 11‚ 1842 in New York City. His father‚ Henry James Sr. was a
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