William Penn was a man with remarkable leadership qualities. His conversion to the Quaker religion at an early age testified to his capacity to function as an individual apart from his affluent upbringing (William Penn). His amiable treatment of the native peoples upon arriving to the Quaker Province too proved him a humanist when dealing with others;
[...] Portraiture of City of Philadelphia by Thomas Holme As evidence from above, Penn developed the city based off of a gridiron type model, with numbered streets (1st, 2nd, 3rd) intersecting alphabetical streets. His streets were wide, intentionally wide—wider than any street in London. It was this rectangular, spacious model that earned Penn the most praise for this was a “revolutionary” development for the times (Penn Plans the City). Penn's plans were also replicated by several western cities at later times (William Penn's Philadelphia Plan). [...]
[...] His need to compromise and readjust to the desires of his investors was largely influenced by the Renaissance in Europe—without the Renaissance, Penn would have lacked investors with capitalistic and trade orientated ideology, and therefor never would have been forced to re-envision the city. And resulting from Penn's plans was a city of unparalleled importance in regards to a location for the birth of America's independence movement. Penn, an English Quaker from a connected family, probably unbeknownst to him, laid the foundation for a great American city—a city connected to his roots in England—and a city with the ability to adapt and move forward, facing the challenges that arose. [...]
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