I'm just a little confused about colonial religion prior to 1750. Since the colonists were from England, the majority religion throughout all colonies was Protestant right?
Also, I'm a little confused with other groups. Baptists, presbyterians and such were Protestant groups? They were mentioned briefly in the Great Awakening, but I never read much about them.
Thanks!!
I'm just a little confused about colonial religion prior to 1750. Since the colonists were from England, the majority religion throughout all colonies was Protestant right?
Also, I'm a little confused with other groups. Baptists, presbyterians and such were Protestant groups? They were mentioned briefly in the Great Awakening, but I never read much about them.
Thanks!!
Well, it was generally protestant yes... Even in Maryland, which was founded by Catholics, the majority was protestants. BUT you also have to keep in mind that there were jewish people, and muslims and everything... Especially in Pennsylvania, very high religion tolerance. It was nice...
Yes they are all protestant groups..
pilgrims were separatists, mass was non-separatist puritans, Penn were Quakers, Baptists in Rhode Island. All these groups fall under protestant. basically any form of christianity that was not eastern orthodox or catholic was protestant.
ah ok thank you!
The word Puritan is now applied unevenly to a number of Protestant churches from the late 16th century to the early 18th century. However, Puritans did not, by and large, use the term for themselves. It was a term of abuse that first surfaced in the 1560s. "Recusants", "Precisemen", and "Precisions" were other early antagonistic terms for Puritans who preferred to call themselves "the godly." The word "Puritan" was thus always a descriptor of a type of religious belief, rather than a particular form of church order.