Road to Religious Freedom

  • Religious Requirements for Voting

    Religious Requirements for Voting

    Voting was limited to adult males who owned a specified amount of property and men who did not belong to the established state churches were not permitted to vote.
  • The Pilgrims

    The Pilgrims

    They established Plymouth Colony and The Pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving with the Indians.
  • The Puritans

    The Puritans

    The Puritans believed that the Anglican church could be changed to their satisfaction.
  • Maryland‐ The Catholic Experiment

    Maryland‐ The Catholic Experiment

    It was an opportunity to grant religious freedom to the Catholics who remained in Anglican England.
  • More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Williams claimed taking land from the Native Americans without proper payment was unfair.
  • Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Devotion to principle was God's work or to ignore God's work was unfathomable. Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were banished for questioning Church and State and the Bible.
  • Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

    Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

    The Quakers were eligious dissenters of the Church of England, they believed in total equality, and would not bow down to nobles.
  • The First Great Awakening

    The First Great Awakening

    A revitalization of religious piety that swept through the American colonies between the 1730s and 1770s.
  • Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedom

    Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedom

    This guaranteed the free practice of religion without ending the Episcopal religious establishment.