Religious Freedom In Delaware

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Delaware is one of the United States located in the northeastern or mid-Atlantic regions of the United States of America. It is a small state being the second most minor and sixth position regarding the density of population of all the 50 states. Delaware colony did not associate itself with any particular religion, and therefore this opened the country to religious freedom where its citizens were free to choose the religion they wanted to associate themselves with (Wilson, 1990). They explored different religions and denominations. Some were Catholics, Jews, Quakers and so forth. Although the citizens were given the freedom to choose the religion that they felt more suitable to them, the government had a section which emphasized that only

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