1. Write these words in your journal. Persecution – treated badly for religious views Interference – to interrupt progress Toleration – to be accepting

2. Religion How it contributed to growth of representative government in the colonies?

3. Religious freedom......was ONE cause for the 13 colonies to be established.

4. Religious groups......created communities that were self- governing.

5. Protestant Reformation & The Great Awakening http://youtu.be/Zt57rFcpnr4

6. Plymouth Colony (1620-1691) ● allowed self - governing churches ● http://www.history.com/topics/native-american- history/pocahontas/videos/pocahontas http://www.history.com/topics/native-american- history/pocahontas/videos/pocahontas

7. Massachusetts Bay Colony (1630) ●Founded by Roger Williams ●Founded by Williams to escape religious persecution

8. Rhode Island (1636) Founded by Roger Williams Williams wanted separation of church & state

9. Pennsylvania (1681-1776) ●Founded by William Penn for Quakers ●Provided political freedom ●Guaranteed religious freedom to all

10. Maryland (1634) ●Founded as a safe haven for Catholics ●1649: Maryland Act of Toleration - freedom for all

11. Virginia (Jamestown, 1607) ● http://www.history.com/topics/native-american- history/pocahontas/videos/pocahontas http://www.history.com/topics/native-american- history/pocahontas/videos/pocahontas ● http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown/videos/life-in-jamestown http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown/videos/life-in-jamestown ● 1786: The Virginia Act for Establishing Religious Freedom by Thomas Jefferson, made it the 1st state to separate church and state. (No government interference in religious practices)

12. Bill of Rights (1791) ●guaranteed freedom of religion to all citizens