In fact this country was founded on the premise of religious freedom yet the history proofs otherwise. In America religious preference has repeatedly resulted in unfair, unequal treatment. One prime example is an incident involving Quakers in the year of 1656. Quakers are a religious group that is focused on Christianity and holds to the belief that strict rule following was necessary in life. This case involved two Quakers, Mary Fisher and Ann Austin who were imprisoned by Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony and eventually deported simply for being Quakers. Another incident in 1655 involved a group of preachers in New Amsterdam, now New York, who were arrested, flogged and imprisoned by Puritans again simply for being Quakers. Now if
