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US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies: Difference between revisions
US History timeline & concept chart: 16th-18th centuries (to 1754) British-American colonies (view source)
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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 shutting down theatres | ** Puritan moral rule imposed with such things as | ||
*** 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 | ||