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What was william penns “holy experiment”

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The "Holy Experiment" was an attempt by the Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, to establish a community for themselves and other persecuted religious minorities in what would become the modern state of Pennsylvania.

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it was an attempt by the Quakers, to establish a community for themselves and other persecuted religious minorities in the modern state of Pennsylvania. it was also William Penn's term for the ideal government he established for Pennsylvania.

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