Timeline of Religious Freedom - This timeline explains all the

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Mayflower Compact

The Mayflower Compact gave the Pilgrims the right to self-govern in Plymouth Colony.
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The Pilgrims

the Pilgrims went to church multiple nights a week to practice their own beliefs.
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The Puritans

The Puritans wanted to purify the church by eliminating the objectionable aspects of worship in the established church.
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Maryland- The Catholic Experiment

Lord Baltimore granted religious freedom to the Catholics who remained in Anglican England.
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Dissent in Massachusetts Bay

Anne Hutchinson, John Winthrop, and the Catholics defended DOGMA, and they were very religious, and Anne Hutchinson was a threat to the Puritans.
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Quakers in Pennsylvania and New Jersey

William Penn and the Quakers rewarded part of the new world and established a religious refuge, they believed in total equality.
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The First Great Awakening

A religious revival... the belief that all people are equal. Made way for the rapid spread of political ideas.
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Religious Requirements for Voting

The Puritans wanted to build a Holy City in the wilderness.
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Virginia Statutes for Religious Freedom

Virginia Bill of Rights sought to guarantee the" free exercise of religion."

Mayflower Compact