Economic Factor In America

There have been many things that have a big impact on American religious history. There have been many movements, ideas, events that have shaped the religious history of America. One of these that has had big impact on religious history is economic factors. Economic factors is not just a “legal tender”, but it is also things like people struggling for control of resources, issue between religious devotion and financial concerns and other things. There are many ways that economic factors have impacted America, but a few that are important to discuss are: the Europeans who came to the America’s, Virginia, and multiple establishment. Economic factors were not the only factor at play, many times other things were at play as well.
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This a very big topic that still effects America today. Multiple establishment is the idea that tax dollars would be given to some Protestant groups. This was an issue because some states had an official church. Virginia’s official church was the Anglican Church. If you lived in Virginia, you paid taxes and some of those taxes went to fund the church. Multiple establishment would also give freedom of worship for mainstream Christians. A big supporter of this idea was named Patrick Henry. Not everyone agreed with Henry and some thought that there should be no tax dollars given to any religious group and that everyone should have religious freedom. These people followed Thomas Jefferson. Many who followed Jefferson thought that religion was a matter of personal conscience and not that the government should stay out of it. Some opposed it because they thought it would be logistically impossible. Religious groups were changing and breaking up. Often if they broke apart, they would often sue each other over the tax dollars. The government ended up deciding to go against multiple establishment and give no tax dollars to any religious groups. The Federal government was the first to do this however, some states decided that they would not follow. This was an issue of religious devotion and financial concerns as well as separation of church and state. It was an issue of religious devotion and financial concerns because many people were Christians and went to church. The issue then arose “what if you are not a Christian? Should they still have to pay taxes to the church?” Some people probably thought they should and others did