“The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges,” was established in the year 1701 to declare this thoughts on how he can create a colony in Pennsylvania with his own principles. The act was drafted in spite of the religious freedom events taken place in the earlier parts of the eighteenth century in North America, where control of government evolved from total monarchy to localized form of control. William Penn helped establish the first modern American democracy, even stating, “FOR the well governing of this Province and Territories, there shall be an Assembly yearly chosen, by the Freemen thereof, to consist of Four Persons out of each County, of most Note for Virtue, Wisdom and Ability” (Penn, 2). This document happens to be a primary source that
