Religious Tolerence in the British North American Colonies prior to 1700
Title: Religious Tolerence in the British North American Colonies prior to 1700
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 655 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Religious Tolerence in the British North American Colonies prior to 1700
Category: /History/North American History
Details: Words: 655 | Pages: 2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Some of the American colonies were established by various religious
sects from England that either disagreed with the Church of England or fled
to the Americas facing persecution by the Anglican Church. Overtime,
religious groups in the colonies obtained a charter from the King of
England and became formally recognized as colonies. The colonies were
shaped according to the beliefs of the religious group (if the colony was
established by a religious sect). Religious freedom …showed first 75 words of 655 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 655 total…British migrants from the West
Indies, the official religion of the Tidewater colonies was the Church of
England.
Of the 13 colonies, the New England colonies were the most religion
intolerant because of their single mindedness of preserving the Puritan
experiment. The laws of the middle colonies were the most tolerant and
liberal by offering protection for people of all religions even if they
didn't believe in the Bible, unlike the statutes of Maryland and Virginia.