USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Politically, Jefferson believed that the new nation required complete religious freedom and separation of church and state. Many historians note that the broad diversity of ethnicities and religions in the thirteen colonies meant that religious freedom was necessary if the union was to be successful.

Detailed explanation-2: -Freedom of religion was first applied as a principle of government in the founding of the colony of Maryland, founded by the Catholic Lord Baltimore, in 1634.

Detailed explanation-3: -IF THERE is one individual who first gave expression to the American ideal of freedom, and religious freedom in particular, it was Thomas Jefferson.