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- Maryland
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Georgia
Anglican
- originated from when King Henry VIII split from the Roman Catholic Church (1534)
- the king was denied an annulment by the pope, and he separated from it
Baptist
- Baptists were established out of the Puritan-Separatists movement
The Southern colonies had very different aspects when it came to their religion
- Georgia was known for its religious tolerance and freedom
- It is referred to as the "melting pot" of religion because it contained and welcomed several different religious groups
- Religious strife occurred amongst the Anglicans, Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics
- Puritan took control of the colony briefly
- Quakers were some of the first settlers to reside in North Carolina
- South Carolina was known for religious freedom, especially when compared to North Carolina
- As the Baptist denomination tried to make an entrance, the "Anglican elite" responded with force
- Baptists preachers were imprisoned and physically attacked (in Virginia)
- Mobs would attack worship meetings and beating anyone who participated
- In the colony, it was separated because Virginia dissenters faced the worst persecution at the time
- Since the southern states were mainly Anglican, they were supported through taxation
- Other denominations were required to ask permission to form and got financial support through its members
- Colonists couldn't serve in the government unless they attended an Anglican church
- The colonies were mainly controlled by wealthy plantation owners
How did religion affect their daily lives?
- There were laws that required everyone to attend church
- They would most likely be in church all day Sunday
- Slavery was est. between the 1680s - 1780s
- This drew parts of the southern colonies away from their traditional religion
- If a slave had a religious background, it would be because of their owners
- Robert Hunt (Anglican Chaplain)
- Virginia
- James Oglethorpe (founder of Georgia)
- Georgia
- John Wesley (evangelist who lead the revival movement in the Church of England, referred to as Methodism)
- Georgia
- The New England (northern) Territories were deeply religious and had a theocratic form of gov't
- The Southern colonies were ran by wealthy plantation owners and operated under a oligarchy
- The Middle colonies practiced religious toleration by the Quakers, and it played a minute rolle in gov't
Works Cited
https://www.facinghistory.org/nobigotry/religion-colonial-america-trends-regulations-and-beliefs#:~:text=The%20southern%20colonists%20were%20a,the%20parish%20and%20its%20priest.
https://thenewworldcolonizers.weebly.com/the-religion-of-the-southern-colonies.html