But in the century before the American Revolution, that communion’s fortunes prospered: Anglican churches spread along the length of the Atlantic seaboard, the largest concentration being in the coastal South. True, the Church of England in the colonies suffered from a sluggish rate of growth and a shortage of clergymen throughout much of the seventeenth century. The Separation of Church and State from the American Revolution to the Early Republicĭivining America is made possible by grants from the Lilly Endowment and the National Endowment for the Humanities.ĭepartment of History, University of DelawareĬenter MuseumAlthough the Church of England (also known as the Anglican Church, and, today, as the Protestant Episcopal Church) commanded the loyalties of a great many churchgoers in early America, its history has received relatively little treatment from historians-especially compared with the attention lavished on the Puritans. Religious Pluralism in the Middle ColoniesĬhurch and State in British North America Native American Religion in Early America The Church of England in Early America, Divining America, TeacherServe®, National Humanities Center
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