Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Colonial Factionalism Based on Religious Prejudice
Factional politics based on religious prejudices played a role in early American political life.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Freedom of Religion Pt. 4: Religious Persecution in Colonies
Religious persecution continued in the American colonies for many who fled from it in Europe.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Freedom of Religion Pt. 5: Rhode Island
Describes how the exile of Roger Williams from Massachusetts Bay Colony for his beliefs led to the founding of the Colony of Rhode Island, where freedom of conscience and religious toleration were practiced.
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Freedom of Religion Pt. 8: Established Religion
Describes eighteenth-century American attitudes towards established religion.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Religious Tolerance in Colonial America
A video exploring religious tolerance or intolerance in early colonial America. [1:54]