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Religious Requirements for Voting
To vote you have to be a male and go to church. You also must have land. -
Pilgrims
The pilgrims created thanksgiving and started a couple of colonies because they wanted religious freedom. -
Puritans
They also came for religious freedom but not as much at the pilgrims, plus they didn't really have freedom because if you didn't believe what they believed you were banished. -
Maryland
Was founded in 1632 and was one of the most religiously free colonies. -
Dissent in Mass Bay
This event was made because of the puritans banishing people. 2 famous people got banished: Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams. -
Dissent in Mass Bay continues
Anne Hutchinson got banished because she didn't want to listen to the super strict rules of the church
Roger Williams, (Founder of Rhode Island), got banished because he didn't believe in the church running everything, such as the gov -
Quakers
Quakers were ahead of there time, thinking that everyone was equal. Plus they founded Pennsylvania. -
Great Awakening
Without the great awakening, they might have lost interest in the church so the great awakening was there to bring back interest in the church. -
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
This made all state and church-run by different people so that no one person could have all the power
