Road to Religious Freedom

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  • Religious Requirements for Voting

    Religious Requirements for Voting
    In many colonies in the 1600s, if you didn't belong to an established state church, you weren't allowed to vote.

  • Pilgrims

    Pilgrims
    Before they moved, the area they were living in was very strict with religion.

  • Puritans

    Puritans
    In order to keep their religion "pure," they had horrible punishments for anyone who would oppose them.

  • Maryland

    Maryland
    In 1632, Lord Baltimore was granted land. He saw this as an opportunity to grant religious freedom to the Catholics who were staying in Anglican England.

  • More Dissent in Mass. Bay

    More Dissent in Mass. Bay
    Roger Williams believed in and wanted complete religious freedom. He founded Rhode Island in 1636 to try and achieve that.

  • Dissent in Mass. Bay

    Dissent in Mass. Bay
    Anne Hutchinson was arrested for speaking out for religious freedom and was convicted of heresy. She was found guilty and banned from Mass. Bay.

  • Quakers

    Quakers
    William Penn was awarded a big amount of land.
    His people, the Quakers had suffered serious persecution in England, so he wanted to establish a refuge where they wouldn't be persecuted.

  • Great Awakening

    Great Awakening
    John and Charles Wesley led a movement to reform the Church of England. This eventually resulted in the founding of the Methodist Church.
    George Whitefield preached that sinful people were entirely dependent for salvation on the mercy of God.
    1730-1770

  • Virginia Statues for Religious Freedom

    Virginia Statues for Religious Freedom
    In 1776, every colony except Pennsylvania and Rhode Island had an established church. The Virginia Bill of Rights guaranteed free exercise of religion.