William Penn founded Pennsylvania because he wanted to create a colony based on Quaker principles, serving as a "holy experiment" of religious tolerance, peace, and brotherly love. He aimed to provide a refuge for Quakers and other persecuted people where they could worship freely without fear of imprisonment. Pennsylvania was also intended to be a place where the government would be structured on the ideas of fairness, freedom of worship, and participation by the people in government. The colony was meant to attract settlers seeking religious freedom and a just society under a constitution Penn drafted. Additionally, Penn hoped the colony would be profitable for himself and his family.
