Religious Freedom in the British North American Colonies Prior To 1700

Great Britain in the old world around the 1600’s went through struggles within a religious

sense. These struggles were between Protestants and Catholics, which then escalated to

Maryland, established by a Catholic eager to initiate a cooperative participation amongst the

colonies. A guarantee was made to King James by George Calvert to set up a colony

devoted to freedom of religion. Although there was a civil war going on in England over beliefs,

for a time it was nonetheless successful but did not last very long. The establishment of the new

world was formed because numerous people in England did not see eye to eye with their

religious and political customs they were supposed to abide by. To gain their religious freedom,

people in the northern colonies felt they had to get away from England to live their own life and

believe in what they wanted to, which is exactly what they tried to accomplish.


The Puritans and the Quakers are two of va...