Skip to main

SAGE Social Science Thesaurus

Search from vocabulary

Concept information

Término preferido

William Penn  

Definición

  • William Penn (1644–1718), founder of Pennsylvania and one of the first champions of expressive freedoms in the American colonies, demonstrated how a free society could work and how individuals of different races and religions could live together in liberty and peace. The principles of freedom that Penn promoted and adopted helped lay the framework for the First Amendment. [Source: Encyclopedia of the First Amendment; Penn, William]

Pertenece al grupo

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-M4DRRHMD-M

Descargue este concepto: