The Europeans came to america for religious freedome. But what happend in Europe about their religion?

Question

Okay i just need more details anbout y they came for religious freedome. For example did the king hate a certain religion and tried to kill those people............

Answer 1

it's not that simple.

Some came for religious freedom, some came to get rich, some came because they had nothing to lose, and some were forced out (Scottish after the Battle of Culloden, for example).

In a wide open, mostly wilderness, mostly lawless land, you can believe and practice what you want.

There wasn't USUSALLY a "king" ready to kill them but other societies were hassling them so much, that it was easier to leave.

In some countries if you were Catholic, you were persecuted, and in some if you were NOT Catholic, you were persecuted.

Answer 2

“[The] variety of sects with differing European backgrounds was a potent factor in bringing about religious freedom in America,” writes A. P. Stokes in Church and State in the United States. Colonial days saw the United States draped in Protestant colors. Calvinist values gave direction in religion, politics, and commerce. The fundamental belief was that each man stood directly accountable to his Creator without priestly mediation. This ideal bred a character intent on working out its own destiny, on reaping the rewards of its own labor.

Answer 3

the religious jist is:

The puritians wanted to worship their own religion. The king of england, [who at the time was also head of the anglican church] decreed everyone had to be a member of the anglican church. The puritians refused. many were put to death [just like the romans did to the early christians, and then the christians did to the pagans, and then the nazis to the jews]. the puritans left england to relieve the religious persecution.

Answer 4

its kind of like this.....http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5137581991288263801&q=loose+change
been going on for centuries..............
in Europe they just wanted to stay catholic or whatever..... the new Americans wanted to practise their kind of religion... like presbyterian.

Answer 5

Good question.
I just want to pin this

Answer 6

some die some liv, some get kild, by christians, well good luky,,