History of the United States I / Unit 7 USH1 0916 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Religion and the State
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The idea
Virginia's Statute for Religious Freedom of seventeen eighty-six ended the Church of England's privileged status and barred prosecution for belief.
In practice
Pennsylvania removing in seventeen ninety the religious test that had barred Jews from legislative office.
Where people slip
Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Hampshire still required public support of Christian churches, with the Congregational Church dominant.
Your place on the trail
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