1. Puritans and Crèvecoeur's American Dream
However, over the years, early Puritans' wish to establish a Christian utopia in a pristine New World morphed into Crèvecoeur's more self-centered view of a new country built on "fair laws" and commercial success. ... In the eighteenth century, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson worked together to try and weaken the Anglican church's establishment in Virginia; for both in Europe and North America, politicians understood that people should be free to worship anyway they chose and without fear of political pressure or oppression. ... After the colonies won their...
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