This video concerns William Penn and origins of Pennsylvania. Penn, the son of an admiral, converted to Quakerism circa 1660. As Quakers were unwelcome in Restoration England, Penn began planning a “Holy Experiment“ in America. Because of his elite connections, and because such a colony served Charles II’s interests, he was able to secure a charter. For my free annotated and illustrated list of works on Jacobitism:
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