William Penn/Pennsylvania Essay

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For your take-home final exam, please write 1,500 words on the following prompt: As we learned, William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania with five overlapping goals in mind. Two of his most important goals were creating a Holy Experiment (where everyone was treated by Quaker tenants of equality) and creating a profitable colony. During the last 325+ years, some Pennsylvanians were treated equally legally and socially and some Pennsylvanians prospered, yet not all Pennsylvanians were seen as equals and not all Pennsylvanians prospered. Using at least one example from each of the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries, answer the following question: Which group or groups were unable to achieve these goals and why were they unable to achieve them?

Your essay MUST have a clear, concise, and specific thesis statement/argument that guides the rest of your paper. This thesis statement must directly respond to the prompt.

Your essay MUST properly use Chicago Style footnotes or endnotes. You do not need to cite sources from the lecture notes.
Your essay MAY NOT use sources other than the materials assigned in this course. That means that NO additional research is permitted.

Please also title your paper.

Your essay will be graded on the effectiveness of your thesis statement, your grammar usage and writing style, the clarity of your writing, your use of the materials we read for this class, and your use of proper citation style