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Protestant Christians Church of England.
Every Catholic had to become a Protestant!
New England is art of America and is mostly Protestant Christian.
Catholicism was there for a period but then England declared themselves Protestant and most of the settlers that came to America from England were Protestants.
In theory, yes, but like in America it is uncertain whether a non-Protestant would be electable.
They were a mixture of Puritans and Separatists. These groups were Protestant Christians that were opposed to the Anglican state church of England.
Many people in England were living in poverty and the king was protestant. Some of the residents of England were not protestant. They were maybe catholic or jewish. So, religous freedom and a new life or start is the reason the colonist moved to america.
The Church of England is a Protestant church.
James I of England was Protestant not Catholic.
Puritansim? Puritans were very strict Christians from the early years of colonial America who came from England.
Many of England's most devout Christians had left for America in the 1600s, and their high moral standards were still influencing New England for good in the 1700s
PURITAN: A member of a Protestant group of Christians in England in the 16th and 17th centuries who wanted to worship God in a simple way is known as puritan age.