SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE PURITANS
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Church membership was required for voting and holding public office
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Colonial officials strictly separated church and state
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Ministers held most elected offices
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The colonial government officially supported religious tolerance
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which of the following characterizes the relationship between church and state for the Puritans who settled the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the seventeenth century? Church membership was required for voting and holding public office.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay believed in a separation of church and state, but not a separa-tion of the state from God. The Congregational Church had no for-mal authority in the government. Ministers were not permitted to hold any government office.
Detailed explanation-3: -Which of the following best summarizes the relationship of the church and government of the Massachusetts Bay Colony? They made no distinction between affairs of the state and affairs of the church.
Detailed explanation-4: -Contrast the relationship between church and state in the colonies of Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island? Massachusetts Bay didn’t have separation between church and state, while Rhode Island saw it was necessary to have the separation between the church and the state.
Detailed explanation-5: -Which of the following statements characterizes the relationship between church and state in postrevolutionary America? Most states continued to support churches indirectly by not taxing their property or ministers’ incomes.