We are talking about Pennsylvania right? From here
Although Penn's authority over the colony was officially subject only to that of the king, he implemented a democratic system with full freedom of religion, fair trials, elected representatives of the people in power, and a separation of powers—again ideas that would later form the basis of the American constitution.
Check the lnik I gave you, or the reference William Penn's "Holy Experiment" by Edwin B. Bronner. The authority set up by Penn was completely ignored for many years. When he created a council, it refused to meet. When he appointed a governor, everyone ignored his decrees, including the council--one of whose members insisted that decrees must be sealed to be valid, and then hid the official seal. It's great reading.