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The Pilgrims were a group of people who were not part of The Church of England. In order to practice their religion freely they went to the Americas

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The Puritans were a group of people that followed strict religious laws & did not allow other people to practice any other type of religion within their colony. They also came from England and called their colony the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

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Maryland: The Catholic Experiment - 1634

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Maryland: The Catholic Experiment - 1634

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Lord Baltimore was a Catholic amidst the many Protestants in England. Therefore, he decides to establish a colony in America where all Catholics could practice their faith freely.

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 Religious Dissent In Massachusetts Bay Colony by Roger Williams - 1636

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 Religious Dissent In Massachusetts Bay Colony by Roger Williams - 1636

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Roger Williams was a religious preacher who traveled to the Americas for religious freedom. Once In America, though, he was prevented from practicing his religion in the Massachusetts Bay Colony and was banished for his beliefs. He bought land from the Native Americans & created a colony called Rhode Island where you were free to worship whatever religion you wanted.

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More Religious Dissent in Massachusetts Bay Colony by Anne Hutchinson - 1637

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More Religious Dissent in Massachusetts Bay Colony by Anne Hutchinson - 1637

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Anne Hutchinson believed in the theory that regardless of the sins or actions you committed you would go to heaven or hell. She argued that

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Quakers in Pennsylvania & New Jersey - 1681

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Quakers in Pennsylvania & New Jersey - 1681

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William Penn was a Quaker & had a big track of land in the Americas. In order to escape persecution in England, he came to the Americas and established a safe haven for Quakers in America in 1681

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The First Religious Awakening - 1730s to the 1770s

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The First Religious Awakening - 1730s to the 1770s

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The First Great Awakening is the period of time when the General Public began to become more religious. This was a response to the Age of Enlightenment and the updraft of progressive reforms were being countered by religion. The main preacher during this time was a man named George Whitefield.There was much more religious freedom in this era as new religious ideas were becoming profoundly more accepted. In other words, there was more freedom on what you could preach about.