<P> Quakers ( or Friends ) are members of a Christian religious movement that started in England in the 17th century , and has spread throughout the United States , Canada , Mexico , and Central America . Some Quakers originally came to North America to spread their beliefs to the British colonists there , while others came to escape the persecution they experienced in Europe . The first known Quakers in North America arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1656 via Barbados , and were soon joined by other Quaker preachers who converted many colonists to Quakerism . Many Quakers settled in Rhode Island , due to its policy of religious freedom , as well as the British colony of Pennsylvania which was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted Quakers . </P>
<P> Quakers ( or Friends ) are members of a Christian religious movement that started in England in the 17th century , and has spread throughout the United States , Canada , Mexico , and Central America . Some Quakers originally came to North America to spread their beliefs to the British colonists there , while others came to escape the persecution they experienced in Europe . The first known Quakers in North America arrived in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1656 via Barbados , and were soon joined by other Quaker preachers who converted many colonists to Quakerism . Many Quakers settled in Rhode Island , due to its policy of religious freedom , as well as the British colony of Pennsylvania which was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted Quakers . </P>
why did the quakers settle in pennsylvania apex
why did the quakers settle in pennsylvania apex
Pennsylvania which was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted Quakers
Pennsylvania which was formed by William Penn in 1681 as a haven for persecuted Quakers