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Pilgrims Founded Plymouth
This group was kind-hearted, and had a healthy relationship with the Native Americans. Created Thanksgiving. -
The Puritans
A harsh group that wanted to enforce their religion on the people of Massachusetts. -
Maryland- The Catholic Experiment
Catholics were looked as a minority group in Anglican England. Lord Baltimore wanted to establish Maryland for Catholics to be able to practice their religion freely. -
The First Great Awakening
The First Great Awakening or the Evangelical Revival was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1700's -
Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
Anne Hutchinson was religious but disagreed with how the Puritans carried out their beliefs. She contributed to the establishment of Rhode Island with Roger Williams. -
More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
Roger Williams believed in free practice of religion for all, so he had founded Rhode Island. -
Virginia Statues of Freedom
Currently, only Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were the only colonies that did not have an established church. The Virginia Bill of Rights was
adopted,eventually by all states. -
The Quakers in Pennsylvania and Jersey
William Penn received land from the King of England for a debt he owned his father. He saw this as an opportunity to benefit his religion. -
Religious Requirements for Voting
You had to have a certain amount of property and
you were required to be a part of the State Church. At the end of the seventeenth century, you only needed to own property.
