Religion’s Influence on America
Religion had a huge impact on the composition of America. Religion was an enormous part of the immigrant’s lives when they came to America. The majority of the immigrants coming to America were from many different religions in search of their religious freedom. The American Revolution had strong ties to religion. Since America was formed by people with such diverse religious backgrounds, our founding fathers didn’t want America to support just one religion like other countries. Our founding fathers were religious, and took great care in constructing our government to support America’s religious freedoms. Colonists came to America for many reasons in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Some of these motivations were wealth, land, and religion. Religion was the dominant factor in migrating, because many people were fleeing from religious persecution. They were not allowed to believe what they wanted to in their home countries. They were often forced to accept another religion. If they did not accept this religion they were banished, dismembered, or even put to death. They were seeking religious freedom and they saw this new land as their sanctuary. They "came as religious pilgrims and dissenters, seeking an
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