Protestant faith continues to celebrate a sense of higher power for those that follow the religion still today, but how did this mainstream faith play a role in founding the nation? In this country we share freedoms that those that have gone before us laid the groundwork for and sometimes we take those freedoms for granted. This countries foundations were built on different cultures but they shared a similar background of Protestant beliefs. The Spanish brought Catholicism in forms of missions to the western coast early on and settled down to help teach and guide future generations the right way of life. The Spanish forced the Natives hands and punished anyone who would not depend on them wholeheartedly. They, like many other powerful
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Upon arrival, British colonists left little room for Native cultures and beliefs to influence them when settling down. They enjoyed new freedoms and were willing to fight to maintain the ability to worship however they saw fit. Freedom of religion one of our core values in today’s society, was taken for high regard at the time of the colonial revolution, varying from the old ways of the European rules and regulations of the church. When settling in, the young colonies priority was to be able to practice in peace, although they still needed to obtain the rights to do as they pleased here as well by overtaking the Natives already living here. The puritan’s believed that the religion in England needed to be …show more content…
New groups were continuously pouring into the land and were creating more chances for culture shock. Many changes were happening surrounding the new areas in which to live and settle that revolved around belief systems and faith. There were times coming where more scientific roles would play part towards a time called Great Awakening where ideals of religious faith would be challenged. Great inventors of different outlooks would present new possibilities of what might be over what society had already grown to know through faith.
The fact that religion played a major role in the settling of the original thirteen colonies shows that religion at the foundation of our countries core values will always give access to the freedom to choose. One of the best things about our country is that we all have the right to practice and observe our freedom of religion wherever we so see
Upon arrival, British colonists left little room for Native cultures and beliefs to influence them when settling down. They enjoyed new freedoms and were willing to fight to maintain the ability to worship however they saw fit. Freedom of religion one of our core values in today’s society, was taken for high regard at the time of the colonial revolution, varying from the old ways of the European rules and regulations of the church. When settling in, the young colonies priority was to be able to practice in peace, although they still needed to obtain the rights to do as they pleased here as well by overtaking the Natives already living here. The puritan’s believed that the religion in England needed to be …show more content…
New groups were continuously pouring into the land and were creating more chances for culture shock. Many changes were happening surrounding the new areas in which to live and settle that revolved around belief systems and faith. There were times coming where more scientific roles would play part towards a time called Great Awakening where ideals of religious faith would be challenged. Great inventors of different outlooks would present new possibilities of what might be over what society had already grown to know through faith.
The fact that religion played a major role in the settling of the original thirteen colonies shows that religion at the foundation of our countries core values will always give access to the freedom to choose. One of the best things about our country is that we all have the right to practice and observe our freedom of religion wherever we so see