Why Is It Important To Become Religious Toleration In The United States?
The Maryland Toleration Act set the basis for what would become religious toleration in the United States.
Religion is a right of every man. Whatever way in which they choose to explain how they and their world came to be is up to them to decide. These are the ideas of religious tolerance and religious freedom. Religious freedom is one of the five freedoms of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It is followed by speech, press, petition, and assembly. These tenets of America are held dear by modern Americans. These ideas, however, were not initially practiced by the colonials, and certainly not the English. The better part of the colonists left England due to religious persecution. Religious persecution is the polar opposite of …show more content…
This colony was founded by English Puritans who were being heavily persecuted by the new king in England. North America was the obvious choice at the time. The English did not want the Puritans and the English were also frantically looking for people to occupy their lands in the New World. Upon landing in America they developed a government that was ferocious in its religious persecution. All people in the Massachusetts colony were required to be Puritan, be a member of a state approved congregation and attend church when the government said they should. They even went far enough to have congregations vouch for individuals before they would be allowed to vote individuals into political offices. The colonists were not looking for religious freedom but rather freedom to practice their religion. The people who had fled their home country under the reason of hiding from religious persecution had set up their own form of religious persecution the moment that they had the ability to do so. The colonial atmosphere was not an environment in which religious freedom was abundant. Within these circumstances, however, came the Maryland Toleration Act. The act came as a result of the lack of Catholics in Maryland even though
Religion is a right of every man. Whatever way in which they choose to explain how they and their world came to be is up to them to decide. These are the ideas of religious tolerance and religious freedom. Religious freedom is one of the five freedoms of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. It is followed by speech, press, petition, and assembly. These tenets of America are held dear by modern Americans. These ideas, however, were not initially practiced by the colonials, and certainly not the English. The better part of the colonists left England due to religious persecution. Religious persecution is the polar opposite of …show more content…
This colony was founded by English Puritans who were being heavily persecuted by the new king in England. North America was the obvious choice at the time. The English did not want the Puritans and the English were also frantically looking for people to occupy their lands in the New World. Upon landing in America they developed a government that was ferocious in its religious persecution. All people in the Massachusetts colony were required to be Puritan, be a member of a state approved congregation and attend church when the government said they should. They even went far enough to have congregations vouch for individuals before they would be allowed to vote individuals into political offices. The colonists were not looking for religious freedom but rather freedom to practice their religion. The people who had fled their home country under the reason of hiding from religious persecution had set up their own form of religious persecution the moment that they had the ability to do so. The colonial atmosphere was not an environment in which religious freedom was abundant. Within these circumstances, however, came the Maryland Toleration Act. The act came as a result of the lack of Catholics in Maryland even though