Penn, in England in early 1682, draws up a Frame of Government for the Pennsylvania colony.

Freedom of worship in the colony is to be absolute, and all the traditional rights of Englishmen carefully safeguarded.

Penn drafts a charter of liberties for the settlement creating a political utopia guaranteeing free and fair trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom from unjust imprisonment and free elections.

Having proved himself an influential scholar and theoretician, Penn now has to demonstrate the practical skills of a real estate promoter, city planner, and governor for his “Holy Experiment”, the province of Pennsylvania.

Besides achieving his religious goals, Penn hopes that Pennsylvania will be a profitable venture for himself and his family, but he proclaims that he will not exploit either the natives or the immigrants.

Though the Quakers are thoroughly oppressed, getting them to leave England and make the dangerous journey to the New World is his first commercial challenge.

Some Quaker families had already arrived in Maryland and New Jersey but the numbers are small.

To attract settlers in large numbers, he writes a glowing prospectus, considered honest and well-researched for the time, promising religious freedom as well as material advantage, which he markets throughout Europe in various languages.