For one to be the ruling monarch of England during the time period succeeding the rule of Queen Mary, it was put into law that any other monarch who was to be king or queen must be protestant. The American requirements to be elected into presidential office and serve as the nation’s chief excluded the pretense of religion meaning the only prerequisites to lead the American nation were to be of certain age and have natural born citizenship. Though the definition of natural born citizenship of early American democracy excluded the majority leaving the only potential incumbents to be white land owning men, the concept of freedom of religion was written in our constitution. Freedom of religion, press and speech make up our first amendment right
