... several months later George Washington spoke at a Jewish synagogue. During the Revolution, many members of the Continental Congress attended sermons preached by Presbyterian John Witherspoon. While Thomas Jefferson worked to separate church and state in Virginia, he personally raised money to help pay the salaries of Anglican ministers who would lose their tax-supported paychecks. In matters of religion, the leaders ... what would become one of the world's freest societies. There were, of course, difficulties. During the critical period of American history, from 1783- 1787, the 13 state...

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... in which the initial religious dimension was almost forgotten. Germany suffered from warfare, several German cities were besieged and sacked 9/ 10 times over. German lost more than ½ of its population. Peace of Westphalia ended the 30 yrs. in 1648. Austrian Hapsburg were forced to surrender all their territory they had gained in Germany. Continental system- established by Napoleon in 1806, and ... to create such a variety of governmental institutions. A republic was governed by the many in his view either an elite aristocracy or the people. He admired the british system and its separat...

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