Why did they make Pennsylvania just for the Quakers instead of making it for everyone?

Answer 1

They didn't. It was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers, but it was open to everyone with the idea that there would be religious toleration for all. Penn soon found that this became a problem. Non-Quakers wanted to smite local Native Americans and steal their land, and the Quaker leadership prevented them from doing so for the most part. Penn actually tried to give up leadership at one point due to frustration over the tension between Quakers and non-Quakers, but never tried to revoke the religious tolerance statutes he had gotten put in place.

Answer 2

Pennsylvania wasn't just for the Quakers. Certain colonies at the time were settled by people of various religions. Pennsylvania just happened to be settled by a Quaker: William Penn.

Answer 3

At the time, Quakers were subject to a certain amount of religious discrimination in England. When the land became available to William Penn (a Quaker himself) in payment of a debt, he got permission to settle it along with many other Quakers. It was never closed to others, though, as the Quakers didn't practice the exclusion that you see in some of the Puritan colonies. In fact, they got along well with the native Americans who were already there and purchased any disputed land from them for a fair price. (Until William Penn died, anyway).

Answer 4

Well, it was Penn who got the land because of his father, a well known admiral. Penn himself was a Quaker.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Hasn't worked out that way, has it?