In the 13 colonie time what was the most common religion is Massachusetts
2006-10-19 12:52:24 · 15 answers · asked by ♥JJ♥48♥ 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
puritan
2006-10-19 12:53:50 · answer #1 · answered by &d. i. l. i. hawt; 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Most citizens of Massachusetts were Congregationalists. Although at the time many of them would have been classified as Anglicans. The correct answer is that they were Congregationalists.
I recieved a M.A. in American History at a great University in New England so I know I speak correctly on this subject. Good Luck!!!
Update - a number of people have written the correct answer was they were Puritans. The Congregationalists were Puritans - but so were the Presbyterians in Connecticut and the Baptists in Rhode Island. Puritianism was not a religous belief system (or denomination) - it was a belief that the Anglican Church needed to be purified of what they saw as Roman Catholic impurities.
2006-10-19 19:59:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Pilgrims who settled Massachusetts are generally classified as Puritans. Their called their churches Congregational churches, to stress that it was the congregation that had power, rather than a bishop or other higher earthly authority. Interestingly, their church (one of the most conservative Christian denominations ever formed) was the basis for today's United Church of Christ (one of the most liberal of all Christian denominations).
2006-10-21 23:17:52 · answer #3 · answered by dmb 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puritanism
2006-10-19 19:54:31 · answer #4 · answered by puma 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Puritan most definitely thanx for 2 points
2006-10-19 19:54:58 · answer #5 · answered by bookworm_382 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
How specific an answer do you want? Do you want to know which denomination of Christianity was the most prevalent or are you okay with knowing that Christianity was the most prevalent? God, as in Jesus our Christ, Bless you.
2006-10-19 20:01:15 · answer #6 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
puritans, why? because when plymouth was set up in 1620, the the pilgrims wanted to escape religious persecution from the church of england
2006-10-19 19:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by dwyanewade123 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Islam
2006-10-19 19:59:53 · answer #8 · answered by Kally 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I'm studying that in school too. Definitely puritan.
2006-10-19 20:00:39 · answer #9 · answered by yuuki chan 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If history serves me, I believe it's Protestant. The colonist did everything opposite from the English way........LATER
2006-10-19 20:10:23 · answer #10 · answered by veteranpainter 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Puritan !!!!! why because they were the people
who made the blue laws and it was in massachuseets
2006-10-19 20:02:17 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋