Quakers

Examples of Quakers in the following topics:

• Quaker Liberty

  • The Quaker colony of Pennsylvania emphasized freedom of religion through its Charter of Privileges.
  • The early Pennsylvania government was heavily influenced by the values of William Penn and the Quakers .
  • The Quakers had previously treated Indians with respect, bought land from them voluntarily, and had even representation of Indians and Whites on juries.This led to significantly better relations with the local Native tribes (mainly the Lenape and Susquehanna) than most other colonies had.
  • The Quakers also refused to provide any assistance to New England's Indian wars.
  • George Fox was the founder of the Religious Society of Friends, or Quakers

• Pennsylvania and Delaware

  • William Penn founded the Pennsylvania Colony in 1681 and brought over Quaker dissidents from England, Wales, the Netherlands, and France.
  • The Quakers also refused to provide any assistance to New England's Indian wars.
  • They gained the name Quakers because they were said to quake when the inner light moved them.
  • Quakers rejected the idea of worldly rank, believing instead in a new and radical form of social equality.
  • Despite Quaker opposition to slavery, by 1730 colonists had brought about 4,000 slaves into Pennsylvania.

• The Holy Experiment

  • The Holy Experiment was the Quakers' attempt to establish a community for themselves in Pennsylvania.
  • The "Holy Experiment" was an attempt by the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) to establish a community in Pennsylvania.
  • William Penn was a well-educated landlord of valuable Irish estates and an evangelist for Quakerism .
  • Penn sought to create a liberal frame of government and attract all sorts of people, including many Quakers.
  • William Penn and his fellow Quakers imprinted their religious values on the early Pennsylvanian government.

• Puritanism

  • The Puritans of the Massachusetts Bay Colony were the most active of the New England persecutors of Quakers, and the persecuting spirit was shared by the Plymouth Colony and the colonies along the Connecticut River .
  • Unlike the Puritans, the Quakers had more liberal views on gender equality and rejected the beliefs of Calvinism.
  • Quakers were brutally expelled from Massachusetts, but they were welcomed in Rhode Island .

• Techniques for Reaching a Group Consensus

  • One approach to consensus building is the Quaker model.
  • The Quaker model calls for members to refrain from speaking twice until after all group members have been heard from, the effect of which is to neutralize dominating personality types.
  • Another key feature of the Quaker model is that it relies on a single person to act as the facilitator, or moderator, who makes sure the discussion flows according to an empathetic process.

• Promotions

• The Old South

  • The first American movement to abolish slavery came in April 1688 when German and Dutch Quakers of Mennonite descent in Germantown, Pennsylvania (near Philadelphia) wrote a two-page condemnation of the practice and sent it to the governing bodies of their Quaker church, the Society of Friends.
  • Though the Quaker establishment took no immediate action, the 1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery was an unusually early, clear, and forceful argument against slavery and eventually led to the banning of slavery in the Society of Friends (1776) and in the state of Pennsylvania (1780).
  • After 1776, Quaker and Moravian advocates helped persuade numerous slaveholders in the Upper South to free their slaves.

• A Diverse Population

  • Meanwhile, William Penn, who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682, attracted many British Quakers with his policies of religious liberty and freehold ownership.
  • The Pennsylvanian colonial center was dominated by the Quakers for decades after their initial immigration, from about 1680 to 1725.
  • The main commercial center of Philadelphia was run mostly by prosperous Quakers, supplemented by many small farming and trading communities with strong German contingents located in the Delaware River Valley.
  • Politically, they were generally inactive until 1740, when they joined a Quaker-led coalition that took control of the legislature.
  • William Penn advocated religious tolerance in the New World and strengthened the Quaker movement in North America.

• A Brief Definition of Brand

  • Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola, Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima, and Quaker Oats were among the first products to be "branded. "
  • Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola , Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima, and Quaker Oats were among the first U.S. products to be "branded. "

• Defining a Brand

  • Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola, Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima, and Quaker Oats were among the first products to be "branded. "
  • Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola , Juicy Fruit gum, Aunt Jemima, and Quaker Oats were among the first products to be "branded. "