Most settlers of the thirteen colonies primarily disagreed with the practices of the Anglican Church, the established church in England. Many colonists sought religious freedom, leading to the establishment of various dissenting groups, such as Puritans, Quakers, and Baptists, who sought to escape the perceived rigidity and corruption of Anglicanism. This quest for religious liberty was a significant factor in the founding of several colonies, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
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
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.
Most settlers of the thirteen colonies primarily disagreed with the practices of the Anglican Church, the established church in England. Many colonists sought religious freedom, leading to the establishment of various dissenting groups, such as Puritans, Quakers, and Baptists, who sought to escape the perceived rigidity and corruption of Anglicanism. This quest for religious liberty was a significant factor in the founding of several colonies, particularly Massachusetts and Pennsylvania.
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.
I depends on what country you are referring to when asking about the south. The south of England, South Africa, or the south of somewhere else.
The Episcopal Church or the Church of England
During the colonial period, the majority of land in Latin America was owned by a small elite group of Spanish and Portuguese settlers, as well as the Catholic Church. Education was controlled by the colonial authorities and the Catholic Church, where education was often limited to elites and focused on religious instruction and maintaining social order.