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The settlers were, in fact, both British. Jamestown settlers were mainly from London (England). However, 50% of the Jamestown settlers were classed as "gentlemen". These were not working class men but were landowners and people who did not do manual labour. This caused issues as they did not have the necessary skills like carpenters, builders farmers and blacksmith which were needed to initiate the building of the colony.
The colonies did not "adopt" Christianity. The people who settled in the colonies were a varied group of people and they came with their religious thinking all ready intact. Some were Church of England, some were Catholic, and there were Jewish settlers. Others believed in God but didn't attend churches. Just as today there were many different people and religions in the colonies.
A kirk is the name of a church in Scotland. So Scottish settlers called churches a kirk as well.
The Church of England
The Catholic Church
catholic church
If you are asking about the United States there has been a policy for 200 years of separation of church and state. No religion has controlled a state. Before 1776 some colonies were religious colonies. For over a thousand years Europe was controlled by the Catholic Church in government and religion.
Settlers in the northern colonies were mainly motivated by religious freedom. In most of the northern colonies, church and state were still combined. The southern colonies, on the other hand, were mainly populated by settlers who came to the New World to seek financial gain.
Many different religions developed.
The Church of England was established in most colonies including Virginia. But the vestry in Virginia was controlled by laymen.
The settlers were, in fact, both British. Jamestown settlers were mainly from London (England). However, 50% of the Jamestown settlers were classed as "gentlemen". These were not working class men but were landowners and people who did not do manual labour. This caused issues as they did not have the necessary skills like carpenters, builders farmers and blacksmith which were needed to initiate the building of the colony.
A Nazi-controlled Protestant Church
The colonies did not "adopt" Christianity. The people who settled in the colonies were a varied group of people and they came with their religious thinking all ready intact. Some were Church of England, some were Catholic, and there were Jewish settlers. Others believed in God but didn't attend churches. Just as today there were many different people and religions in the colonies.
A kirk is the name of a church in Scotland. So Scottish settlers called churches a kirk as well.
The Episcopal Church or the Church of England
Much of the contrast between the two colonies had to do with the reason they came to America. Jamestown settlers sought economic gain and were sponsored by the Virginia Company of London, an organization that wanted to expand English trade and get a wider market for Britainâ??s manufactured products. New England settlers moved to America due to the religious persecution they had suffered in England. While most people in the Jamestown colonies were members of the Church of England, the Pilgrims were dissenters from the Church of England and established the Puritan Church.
The church of England came with the first settlers as they were English'