Importance of Religion in the Creation of the 13 Colonies
APUSH 1st Quarter Paper Research
Many religious groups journeyed to America to form one of the original thirteen colonies on the basis of their religious beliefs. Although the plan was to escape persecution, there was some amount of persecution happening in the colonies as they brought the circle of hatred back round – one gets hurt so they hurt another. In this paper I will discuss the religions that came out of the three main sects: Judaism, Roman Catholic and Protestants; and how act as individual entities, how they influenced each other and how they influenced the creation of America as a whole. The Roman Catholics originally came to America in 1492 on Norse expeditions and monks spread it to the Spanish who settled in present day Florida in 1513 and later into Georgia from 1568 to 1684. The fist catholic mass was held in the United States in 1526 by catholic missionaries. They were mostly found in the colony of Maryland which was there save haven from the other colonies which, all but the Quakers, had a hatred of the roman catholic religion. Settlers from England called Jesuits, or the Society of Jesus founded Maryland in 1634. Maryland was actually a very religiously tolerant colony, though almost every other religious sect disliked the Catholics; they accepted other religions. Maryland passed an act called the Maryland toleration act in 1649, which was one of the first laws that officially defined tolerance of varieties of Christianity. In many ways it is considered to be a precursor to the first amendment to the constitution. The Catholics believe the authority of the church lies within the hierarchy of the church; that truth is found in the Bible, as interpreted by the church; and that forgiveness of sin is achieved through church ritual, with the assistance of a priest in confession. The Protestants are not one religion but an umbrella faith to encompass all faiths other than the Roman Catholics. If you break down the word
Many religious groups journeyed to America to form one of the original thirteen colonies on the basis of their religious beliefs. Although the plan was to escape persecution, there was some amount of persecution happening in the colonies as they brought the circle of hatred back round – one gets hurt so they hurt another. In this paper I will discuss the religions that came out of the three main sects: Judaism, Roman Catholic and Protestants; and how act as individual entities, how they influenced each other and how they influenced the creation of America as a whole. The Roman Catholics originally came to America in 1492 on Norse expeditions and monks spread it to the Spanish who settled in present day Florida in 1513 and later into Georgia from 1568 to 1684. The fist catholic mass was held in the United States in 1526 by catholic missionaries. They were mostly found in the colony of Maryland which was there save haven from the other colonies which, all but the Quakers, had a hatred of the roman catholic religion. Settlers from England called Jesuits, or the Society of Jesus founded Maryland in 1634. Maryland was actually a very religiously tolerant colony, though almost every other religious sect disliked the Catholics; they accepted other religions. Maryland passed an act called the Maryland toleration act in 1649, which was one of the first laws that officially defined tolerance of varieties of Christianity. In many ways it is considered to be a precursor to the first amendment to the constitution. The Catholics believe the authority of the church lies within the hierarchy of the church; that truth is found in the Bible, as interpreted by the church; and that forgiveness of sin is achieved through church ritual, with the assistance of a priest in confession. The Protestants are not one religion but an umbrella faith to encompass all faiths other than the Roman Catholics. If you break down the word