Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges

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The Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges was a 1701 colonial constitution granted by William Penn that established a framework of self-government and religious freedom for the Province of Pennsylvania.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf colonial constitution ⓘ
historical document ⓘ
legal charter ⓘ
appliesTo Christians of various denominations ⓘ
free inhabitants of Pennsylvania ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
author William Penn ⓘ
country Province of Pennsylvania ⓘ
dateCreated 1701 ⓘ
defines powers of the Provincial Assembly ⓘ
establishes Provincial Assembly of Pennsylvania ⓘ
unicameral legislature ⓘ
follows Frame of Government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
fullWorkTitle Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, Esq., to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories ⓘ
grantedBy William Penn ⓘ
grants freedom of worship ⓘ
religious freedom ⓘ
right to elect representatives ⓘ
guarantees civil liberties to inhabitants ⓘ
due process of law ⓘ
jury trial ⓘ
property rights ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance early example of written guarantee of religious liberty in North America ⓘ
strengthened powers of the elected assembly in Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasSubject legislative powers ⓘ
religious toleration ⓘ
rights of colonists ⓘ
self-government ⓘ
influencedBy English constitutional traditions ⓘ
Quaker principles ⓘ
influences American constitutional development ⓘ
later colonial charters ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus fundamental law of Pennsylvania (colonial era) ⓘ
limits powers of the governor ⓘ
powers of the proprietor ⓘ
locationOfCreation Philadelphia ⓘ
partOf colonial history of the Thirteen Colonies ⓘ
legal history of Pennsylvania ⓘ
promulgatedBy proprietary government of Pennsylvania ⓘ
repealedOrAbolished superseded by Pennsylvania Constitution of 1776 ⓘ
replaces Frame of Government of 1683 ⓘ
signedBy William Penn ⓘ
year 1701 ⓘ

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Charter of Privileges (1701) → alsoKnownAs → Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges ⓘ
Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges → fullWorkTitle → Charter of Privileges Granted by William Penn, Esq., to the Inhabitants of Pennsylvania and Territories ⓘ
linked to: Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges