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In this year, the Pilgrims celebrate their first Thanksgiving in Plymouth.
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In this year, some 1,000 puritans fled England and thus Massachusetts Bay was established.
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Between 1629 and 1643, over 9,000 settlers in more than 200 ships had come to massachusetts bay to explore religious freedom.
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In this year in Salem, the Witchcraft trials begin. Many women were being accused, and regardless their testimony, they would most likely be hanged or burned at the stake.
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In 1692, this is the date of the first hanging of a woman in Salem/Massachusetts area, and this is the hanging that inspired over 200 more women to get accused and also hanged.
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On this date in 1774, the Quebec Act was passed, which gave French Canadians the religious freedom and it restored the civil law.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson, this article was passed and it is also a key chunk of histort that inspired the first amendment to be written.
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Article VI states that "No religious Test shall ever be required as a qualification to any Office or public trust under the United States."
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In massachusetts of 1833, the constitutional amendment separates church and state.
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On this day, the Coinage Act was passed, which allowed "IN GOD WE TRUST" to be engraved on all silver and gold coins in our country.
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In the Abercrombie case on the google site, this is the day the artiicle was released including the happenings of how a muslim woman was rejected a job at Amercrombie because of her head scarf. Pictured: Samantha Elauf, the woman that filed charges of religious discrimination against Abercrombie.
