"Government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end... I do not find a model in the world that time, place, and some singular emergencies have not necessarily altered; nor is it easy to frame a civil government that shall serve all places alike. I know what is said by the several admirers of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy... any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule, and the people are a party to those laws." — William Penn, Preface to the Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (1682)
Pennsylvania's reputation for tolerance and its early treaties with the Lenape contributed most directly to which demographic outcome by the mid-eighteenth century?
- A
Population stagnation due to repeated Crown reductions of its charter
- B
Concentration of enslaved Africans rivaling South Carolina
- C
Mass emigration of Quakers back to England under Queen Anne
- Dcheck_circle
Heavy migration of German and Scots-Irish Protestants into the colony's backcountry
Explanation
Religious freedom and accessible land drew waves of Germans (Lutherans, Reformed, Mennonites, Moravians) and Scots-Irish Presbyterians, making Pennsylvania one of the most ethnically and religiously diverse colonies.