The Holy Experiment William Penn Analysis

William Penn and "The Holy Experiment" was his vision to allow Quakers to express their religious beliefs openly without persecution and harassment. Penn also freely and willingly expressed his thoughts of government and how combining both church and state could help change the Pennsylvania way of law and order. He wanted the treatment of Indians to be with civility and respect; However, there were those who did not agree with this "Holy Experiment", and action was taken towards the destruction and demise of Penn's vision. The motivating cause of William Penn's "Holy Experiment" were the difficulties he and the Quakers were enduring at the time. They experienced discrimination due to their spiritual beliefs. The Puritans disliked their way …show more content…
Pennsylvania at one point tried to form a malitia which lead to a dead because of no pay, and the men had to decide themselves who was going to be the head officer. Robert Morris a man who wanted to take control and have the deciding factor of who becomes an officer and where each troop is to be stationed, and how they were going pay and raise money for this malitia. Robert Morris felt the need for a bill to be passed for tax money on estates. Such as the Penn's estates. This tax was to be used for resupply to the malitia and this was to effect the Penn's estate. This ended up being argued for ten years on what was going to take place with this tax. In the late 1750's Robert Morris tried to pass another bill and labeled it "the kings use" (Kenny, Kevin pg 78) again it was rejected. It was not until 1755 that pennsylvania decided to finally make the use of their malitia with defense advantage. Though no estate tax ever took place in Pennsylvania the Penn's estate being the main target. Thomas Penn chose to gift an amount of five thousand to Robert Morris, not as a tax payment, but to be accumulated from his debt. Finally the maltia could be recognized. This recognized malitia and all its outfitters could hardly be seen as an army of trues soldiers. This group had no idea what they were doing. The Society of Friends thought it was a slap in the face to create this malitia because it went against all that William Penn wanted and worked hard at trying to create. The French-Indian War continued on. Pacifist Quakers wrote a letter to Morris in 1756 labeling it a "Humble Address" (Kenny, Kevin pg 81.) This was a final act of desperation for an agreement towards peace and they wanted this war to stop. "with gladness, relieved their wants withopen hearts, granted them peaceable possession of the land, and for a long course of time gave constant and frequent proofs