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Religious Requirements for Voting
You had to be a member of the church to vote. Also, have to be a male and own property. -
Pilgrims
In 1620, a group of Separatists began to gather at Scrooby in the northeastern county of Nottingham. The Pilgrims were warm, generous, and thoughtful in their dealings with their fellow citizens, and with the Indians, they met in America. The Pilgrims were a good-natured, fun-loving people who loved life and insisted on the freedom of choice. It was the Pilgrims who established Plymouth Colony. It was the Pilgrims who celebrated that first Thanksgiving with the Indians. -
Puritans
Another major group in opposition to the Church of England was the Puritan group, which believed that the Anglican church could be changed to their satisfaction. This became a rather severe and militant group. Their church authorities ruled every aspect of their lives and, like the Church of England, they were extremely intolerant of any points of view which conflicted with their own dogma.Also settled in massachusetts bay. -
Maryland‐The Catholic Experiment
Maryland, named after England's Catholic queen Henrietta Maria, was first settled in 1634. Unlike the religious experiments to the North, economic opportunity was the draw for many Maryland colonists. The first inhabitants were a mixture of country gentlemen, mostly Catholic and workers and artisans, mostly Protestant. This mixture would surely doom the Catholic experiment. -
More Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
He believed in complete religious freedom, so no single church should be supported by tax dollars. Massachusetts Puritans believed they had the one true faith; therefore such talk was intolerable. Second, Roger Williams claimed taking land from the Native Americans without proper payment was unfair. Massachusetts wasted no time in banishing the minister. -
Dissent in Massachusetts Bay
Anne Hutchinson was a deeply religious woman. In her understanding of Biblical law, the ministers of Massachusetts had lost their way. She thought the enforcement of proper behavior from church members conflicted with the doctrine of predestination. She asked simply: "If God has predetermined for me salvation or damnation, how could any behavior of mine change my fate?" This sort of thinking was seen as extremely dangerous. -
Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
The quakers and william penn believed in total equality.They believed in total peace if it was for something non-peaceful they would not participate. Since they were often attacked they decided to go to the new world to get their own society. -
First Great Awakening
They were christians and they had a church. They were very serious about both and made sure everyone went to church also was catholic. -
Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedom
Everyone has a church except for rhode island and pennsylvania, but they all created their own way of life. 1776 Everyone got their religion on all of the colonies with their own beliefs and ways of life.