Philadelphia Quakers and the American Revolution
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Date
Thu, Nov 5
6:00 PM to 7:30 PM
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About this event
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One of 8 upcoming events at Arch Street Meeting House, and 3,189 across Philadelphia.
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From Arch Street Meeting House
Fleeing political upheavals in England for settlement in the New World, Quakers rose to unprecedented economic and political power in the Pennsylvania colony. However, the failure of the Quaker-dominated government to provide for defense in the wars from the 1730s into the 1760s began their downfal
