Government
The Frame of Government was an expression of William Penn's religious and political ideas and the colony's first constitution. He planned to create a framework that would end political fault and prevent a ruler from taking absolute power over the growing community. Penn employed the concept of balancing forces, a concept that the U.S. Constitution would later use, to spread the powers. Freedom of worship was set to be certain, and all the basic English rights were to be protected, as Penn didn't want to stray too far for tradition by starting a more solid government. Expelled for being a Quaker, religious freedom took a huge role in the up incoming framework.
The frame of government and charter of liberties guaranteed equality and fairness for its people. Penn wanted a generous, free society where the taxes were low, no limits on land and fairly treated Indians.
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