<em>The colony that was home of the largest number of Quakers was Pennsylvania.
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The formal name of the Quakers was “The Religious Society of Friends.” It was created in England in the 17th century and arrived in America when English people decided to immigrate to the new continent. William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1682. The Quakers were a well-respected group of people with different ideas that played an important role in the history of the United States, such as their believed in abolitionism and equal rights among men and women.
