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Religious requirement for voting
In most colonies people were not aloud to vote unless they were with the state church. Only male men with some land were aloud to vote and you also had to be a member of the church. -
Pilgrims
The pilgrims came to the new world looking for religious freedom but were knocked off course and ended up in present day Massachusetts. They ended up making friends with the Native Americans and this is also where the first thanksgiving comes from. -
Puritans
This group believed that they could change the Anglican church to there liking. They came to the new world for this religious freedom but they were not tolerant of other religions and they were very strict about it. -
Maryland
New england was not the only place where people were fleeing religious persecution. Lord baltimore was given a small plot of land in the new world and saw it as a way to grant religious freedom. -
Dissect in massachusetts bay
Roger williamson was banished from massachusetts for trying to seperate the church from the state. He later went on to buy some land from some native americans and this later became known as Rhode Island -
More dissect in massachusetts bay
Anne hutchinson was also banished from massachusetts for defying the church. They ended up arresting her and later banishing her from massachusetts -
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The great awakening
This was the revival of the english church swept through american colonies. This was part of a much broader movement in Europe. -
Virginia Statues Religious Freedom
This was an attempt to separate the church from everything political and it actually worked
