Influence of Religion in the U.S

  • John Winthrop's "City Upon a Hill"

  • Salem Witch Trials

    The trials resulted in the executions of 20 people, most of them women. 12 other women had previously been executed in Massachusetts and Connecticut during the 17th century.
  • Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

    Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious FreedomThe Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is a statement about both freedom of conscience and the principle of separation of church and state.
  • Roy Torcaso = Athiest

    required to say he believed in god to become a notary public
  • Supreme Court ruled states could not have religious text

  • Muslim woman denied job at Abercrombie