It really didn't: congress was very clear that America was not going to have an "established" (official) state religion. People today, usually conservative Christians, who claim America is a Christian nation are saying this because they believe the country should have an official religion-- theirs. But contrary to the work of certain revisionist historians, there is no evidence that the Founding Fathers wanted to have one official religion. That said, it is true that the vast majority of the immigrants in the early years of the nation were Christians (mostly Protestants), but there were a small number of Jews who settled here, as well as some members of other faiths, and even some non-believers. Christians not only made up the majority, but many Christians who owned slaves felt it was appropriate to insist that their black slaves be forced to accept the Christian faith, so that added to the population of Christians, as did missionary work among the Indians (today known as Native Americans), who also had Christianity imposed on them.
However, Christianity was not always ubiquitous. Even some of the Founding Fathers are known to have been deists, rather than believing Christians. And the third American President, Thomas Jefferson, questioning the miracles of the New Testament while approving some of Jesus' moral sentiments, produced a thin volume which is called "The Jefferson Bible", for all intents and purposes a "secular Bible". It should also be noted that the Treaty of Tripoli, signed on November 4th, 1796, clearly stated "As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion,-as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen [Muslims],-and as the said States never entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mahometan [Muslim] nation, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries."
This treaty was instigated by President George Washington, signed by President John Adams, and unanimously accepted by the U.S. Senate. "And I do hereby enjoin and require all persons bearing office civil or military within the United States, and all other citizens or inhabitants thereof, faithfully to observe and fulfill the said Treaty and every clause and article thereof." The Treaty was then printed in the Philadelphia Gazette and two New York newspaper- there was little public objection at the time. Similarly, the First Amendment, which forbade the government from imposing any religion on everyone, was also passed and ratified and became the law of the land along with the other amendments in the Bill of Rights. It is true that in the early years of the USA, some states ignored the First Amendment and tried to impose Christianity on all citizens, but such efforts were unsuccessful, as were efforts to pass an amendment declaring America a Christian nation. Today, the majority of Americans continue to be Christians of all denominations, but other faiths have also found a home and immigrants who are Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, Sikh, etc. have been welcomed here by most Americans.
Christianity came to the USA in two branches.
For all practical purposes, we can consider that the first branch was brought by English settlers to the region of Virginia in 1607. The settlers were members of the Church of England, and the colony was supported by James I of England.
The second branch was bought by the Pilgrim Fathers, who settled in what is now Massachusetts in 1620.
The Pilgrim Fathers brought a form of Christianity that is called "Puritan." They were also "Separatists." Puritans try to live as close as possible to the pattern laid down by Jesus, and to avoid compromise with the world. Separatists don't have bishops, with the Pilgrim Fathers already being constituted as a single self-governing congregation before they came to America.
Other settlers of the USA, coming from Britain, Ireland and Europe, brought their Christian beliefs with them, and passed them on to their children.
By sailing ships. Considering that our Founding Fathers were "Christian"/ Protestant (protesting Catholicism), Christianity probably came to our shores with the Pilgrims (about 1612). Fun fact: the first main building built by the Pilgrims (in addition to housing) was a church.
The christian religion came to america with all of the pilgrims from Europe in the 16 and 17 hundreds.
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