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Religion in Colonial America: Trends, Regulations, and Beliefs
Puritans and Anglicans, Baptists and Quakers, Catholics and Jews, Native Americans and slaves, rationalists and revivalists: long before 1776, American settlers struggled to deal with religious difference. Learn some of the common experiences around religion in colonial culture that shaped the United States' balance among national law, local practice, and individual freedom of belief.
About This Project

Welcome to Give Bigotry No Sanction: The George Washington Letter Project: Exploring Religious Freedom and Democracy
Text of the Letters
Visit Interactive Letters Exhibit from the National Museum of American Jewish History
Or, explore the full text of the letters between George Washington and Moses Seixas.
About Our Sponsor

Sponsored by the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom.
Learn more about the George Washington Institute for Religious Freedom and Ambassador John L. Loeb, whose partnership with Facing History and Ourselves makes possible this project.

