US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions

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* Interregnum period religious environment:  
* Interregnum period religious environment:  
** the legal requirement to attend Anglican mass was ended  
** the legal requirement to attend Anglican mass was ended  
** Puritan moral rule imposed with such things as  
** Puritan moral rule imposed with such things as shutting down theatres
*** shutting down theatres
*** banning gambling
*** banning Christmas and Easter celebrations (considered pagan)
** opera, poetry, painting and other fine arts were encouraged
** general tolerance for the Protestant sects ("Non-conformists")
** general tolerance for the Protestant sects ("Non-conformists")
** Jews, previously persecuted, were invited back to England and accepted
*** leading to a period of vigorous theological and political debate
*** leading to a period of vigorous theological and political debate
** Catholics were persecuted, especially in Ireland
** Catholics were persecuted, especially in Ireland
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