2020 Road to Religious Freedom

  • Pilgrims Founded Plymouth

    Pilgrims Founded Plymouth

    This group was kind-hearted, and had a healthy relationship with the Native Americans. Created Thanksgiving.
  • The Puritans

    The Puritans

    A harsh group that wanted to enforce their religion on the people of Massachusetts.
  • Maryland- The Catholic Experiment

    Maryland- The Catholic Experiment

    Catholics were looked as a minority group in Anglican England. Lord Baltimore wanted to establish Maryland for Catholics to be able to practice their religion freely.
  • The First Great Awakening

    The First Great Awakening

    The First Great Awakening or the Evangelical Revival was a series of Christian revivals that swept Britain and its thirteen North American colonies in the 1700's
  • Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Anne Hutchinson was religious but disagreed with how the Puritans carried out their beliefs. She contributed to the establishment of Rhode Island with Roger Williams.
  • More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

    Roger Williams believed in free practice of religion for all, so he had founded Rhode Island.
  • Virginia Statues of Freedom

    Virginia Statues of Freedom

    Currently, only Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were the only colonies that did not have an established church. The Virginia Bill of Rights was
    adopted,eventually by all states.
  • The Quakers in Pennsylvania and Jersey

    The Quakers in Pennsylvania and Jersey

    William Penn received land from the King of England for a debt he owned his father. He saw this as an opportunity to benefit his religion.
  • Religious Requirements for Voting

    Religious Requirements for Voting

    You had to have a certain amount of property and
    you were required to be a part of the State Church. At the end of the seventeenth century, you only needed to own property.