People

• Jonathan Edwards
• George Fox
• Anne Hutchinson
• George Whitefield
• William Penn
• Gilbert Tennent
• Roger Williams
• John Winthrop
• John Wesley

Places

• Salem, Massachusetts
• Providence, Rhode Island
• Maryland
• Massachusetts Bay Island
• Plymouth

Events

Resources
History of Religion in the United States

• Contents- The contents of this book include the founding of Plymouth and also the Puritian settlement at Massachusetts bay along with important factual dates.
• Crediibility- Creditable because the author is a professor of religion, at The George Washington University.
• Secondary- The author uses quotations from the primary sources and has no foot notes

• Contents- Includes the colonization of the Puritians and the Puritian movement and also John Winthrop which played an important role in relirion in the Colonial America;John was an student at Trinity college and recognized leader of the formation at Massachusettes Bay.
• Creditiability- This book has an very reputable publisher( Charles Scribners Sons in 1942) and the author is William W. Sweet  an professor De Pauw University in 1837-1937. Also a professor at the University of Chicago from 1940-1941.
• Secondary- The authoe uses manuscripts and the information of his colleagues, along with an staff.

updated 2/21/01

Religion

From about the 1700 on, America's population became more diverse. People from different countries and faiths flocked to the New World. When the Revolutionary War began in 1775, nine of the original thirteen Colonies still had state-run churches: the Anglican Church in Virigina, Maryland, North Carolina , South Carolina, Georgia, and New York and the Congregational Church in Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire.