How important was religion in fashioning early american culture?

Answer 1

I would say religion was very important. After the death of Oliver
Cromwell and the restoration of the monarchy in England,many
Puritans felt it was better to live elsewhere. They got on ships
and emigrated to America. The most famous example of this was
the Mayflower and the landing on Plymouth Rock.
The Puritans were the first pioneers and their influence on American culture has passed down through the generations. Their stringent rules against behavior such as drinking,
swearing and gambling as well as their devotion to church still
resonates to this day in U.S. society.

Answer 2

It develop right into a dominating element. an remarkable source for that is David Hacket Fischer's seminal paintings, "Albion's Seed." Fisher categorizes over twenty diverse 'folkways' of the 4 separate waves of useful British colinization, the Puritans, the Distressed Cavaliers (Virginia), the Quakers, and the British Borderers who settled the again united states. Fischer's thesis tries to teach how those 4 diverse areas retained the folkways that were diverse to the particular areas of england from whence they got here, and to extra teach those differences formed and to some volume proceed to structure our lifestyle in the present day. between different issues, Fischer discovered non secular causes to be a suitable mover early on in all 4 cultures.

Answer 3

It was more important in the Northern Colonies than in the Southern Colonies. Many settlements in the North were founded by those looking for religious freedom. In the South, most settlers were Anglicans who came to the New World looking for wealth.

Answer 4

Very. We were formed as a nation by people who were trying to get to a place where they could freely practice their religion. Ergo, religion was of prime importance to them.

As we become a more pluralistic society, we are quick to interpret this as a right to "freedom from religion" which is something else altogether than our nation's fathers had in mind.

Answer 5

As the Spanish wiped out whole civilisations during colonisation, in the name of the Pope, and your 'founding fathers' left Plymouth because England was fed up of religious fundamentalists, to land in the US, I think it's apparent that it was important in the early days of the US. Though the phrase american culture is an oxymoron (just like US Intelligence).

Answer 6

Religion was established to keep law and order when they were establishing the Americas. It was important for people to be moral for the good of the society.

Answer 7

Yes, but after the Salem hysteria and Cromwell's rule in Britain, the intellectual Christians of the day realized the need to insulate the people from religious zealots taking power, creating separation of church and state.