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威廉‧賓在1644年，10月14日出生
眼見英格蘭在宗教包容及政治改革已然無望，賓把期望放在美州，他在1677年曾短期造訪的地方。在1682年一份文獻裡，賓絕對保證在賓夕弗尼亞有作禮拜的自由。肥沃的土地加上宗教自由，賓州非常吸引人，殖民者快速的增加。
賓也記得和當地的印第安人和平互動，為美國未來畫下草圖，他可算是美國憲法的先驅。拜威廉‧賓所賜，賓夕弗尼亞在新世界中創建，絕對保證城市居民的宗教信仰自由。
Seeing no prospects for religious tolerance or political reform in England, Penn looked to America, which he had visited briefly in 1677. In a 1682 document, Penn guaranteed absolute freedom of worship in Pennsylvania. Rich in fertile lands as well as religious freedom, the colony attracted settlers and grew rapidly.
Penn is also remembered for peaceful interaction with the Lenni Lenape Indians and his draft of the Plan of Union, a forerunner of the U.S. Constitution. Thanks to William Penn, Pennsylvania, which guaranteed religious freedom for its citizens, was established in the New World.
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