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Voting in the 1600's
Religious Requirement 4 voting, You had to have a certain amount of land, and be a part of the church. -
Pilgrims
Pilgrims came for religious freedom and were moderately tolerant. They allowed other religions -
Puritans
Puritans came for religious freedom but they were hypocrites and didn’t give anyone else freedom of religion or they would be banished -
Maryland
Maryland was founded and they are extremely tolerant of other religions. Let the people have freedom of religion -
More Dissent In Massachusetts Bay
More questioning of the puritan belief and more banishment. -
Dissent in Massachusetts
Dissent in Massachusetts
Anne hutchinson and Roger Williams and many more were banished for questioning the puritan belief. -
Quakers
The quakers were led by a man named william penn and he believed in total equality that every man is considered equal. Were very tolerant of religious freedom. -
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Great Awakening
People had more time to worry about religion and Roger williams founded the idea that the head of the church should be separated from political aspects of the colony, and the Church shouldn't control it. -
Virginia statute for religious freedom
The virginia Bill of 1776 gave people the freedom of religion and the people had earned the freedom of religion
