They were accused of witchcraft. Many people back in those days feared it. However, anyone could accuse someone of witchcraft in those days without evidence. Some were accused because others had a grudge against them. Some people thought that because some of the women were convulsing or acting out of the ordinary that they must have been involved in witchcraft. Punishment was carried out to discourage others from getting involved in the wicked religion so to speak.
The main differences from Quaker colony to others in British America was that they believed in religious freedom and that any religious minority could worship freely without fear of being persecuted, jailed or killed. This made this colony become an ethical and religiously diverse colony because it attracted religious minorities with open-minded citizens.
One of the main differences was that the Quaker colony had a pure democracy, one did not have to own property to vote or participate in politics. It was also the first abolitionist colony,
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