All of these factors were in some way influenced by religion. ... In 1810 the natives staged an uprising against the Spanish stronghold that they saw had misgoverned them for so long. ... They used their religion as a means of progress. ... The Puritan belief structure is the underlying basis for the Protestant religion, which is the prevalent religion practised in North America today (Porterfield 2001, p. 5). ... A year later the Declaration of Independence bound the colonies together as the United States of America. ...

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