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Years That Changed History: 1776

Summary

Why did a revolution fought for entirely secular reasons give freedom of religion to the US? Look into the pre-revolution Anglican church, which had state authority, and the kinds of religious persecution that angered Baptists, among others. Follow the actions by which the Baptists of Virginia leveraged a military emergency to negotiate religious freedoms which later became national law.

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