Religious freedom varied greatly from colony to colony in th

Some colonies had no religious freedom at all. Massachusetts set out from the beginning to be a non-separatist Puritan colony; they would not even say that they were separated from the Church of England. The church heavily influenced state affairs. You could not even be eligible to be a freeman unless you were a “visible saint”, but the power the preachers had was not absolute. A congregation had the right to hire and fire it’s minister and to set his salary. Clergymen were also not allowed to hold an official office.

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