No one religion- We had a lot of Church of England, that became Episcopalian, but also Catholic, Methodists, Presbyterians, LDS, Baptists, Hindu, Sikh, AOG, Muslim, Buddhist- and Richmond VA has the oldest Jewish cemetery in the US.
There was no west Virginia in the 1700's there was only a western Virginia but the religion did not change threw out Virginia
No, 1787 was when Thomas Jefferson established the Virginia Act for freedom of religion.
Virginia's religion was the same as the Church of England.
freedom of religion
Christianity
Since the Chesapeake Bay, Virginia and surrounding areas, was settled by the British the main religion was Anglican, or Church of England.
Christianity
Christianity/ Protestant
Puritans
They were already affected. That's why they came to Virginia.
In the colony of Virginia the Anglican (Episcopalian) religion was the official religion and was supported through taxation. However, there were other religions. Patrick Henry was a Presbyterian. Thomas Jefferson wrote that a number of Jews lived in Virginia. A number of Baptists also lived there. Daniel Boone was in the Virginia Legislature and was a Baptist. (His father had been kicked out of a Quaker Church in Pennsylvania!)
The Virginia colony's official religion was the Church of England. Residents of the colony paid taxes to the church and were required to attend church services even if they belonged to another faith. Freedom of religion was a key motivator in Virginia's role to become independent from Britain.