EARLY AMERICAN WRITINGS


The early writings of the United States of America clearly indicate the Christian heritage of our country. William Bradford and the Pilgrims composed the Mayflower Compact just before they landed at Plymouth in 1620. John Winthrop, the first Governor of Massachusetts, wrote and delivered the sermon, A Model of Christian Charity, to the Puritans on the way to Massachusetts in 1629. Roger Williams settled in Rhode Island in 1636, founded the Baptist Church of America in 1639, and wrote his famous work in defense of religious tolerance, The Bloody Tenent of Persecution, in 1644. Catholics under Lord Baltimore settled in Maryland in 1632, and the Maryland General Assembly passed the historic Toleration Act of Maryland in 1649, to promote religious harmony among Catholics and Protestants, and for toleration of all Christian religions. Perhaps the greatest masterpiece of all was the Declaration of Independence, which asserts the dignity of the human person, that our rights come from God himself. That we are a nation under God is reflected in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and our Pledge of Allegiance.


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The Mayflower Compact
A Model of Christian Charity
The Bloody Tenent of Persecution
The Toleration Act of Maryland
The Declaration of Independence
The Gettysburg Address
The Pledge of Allegiance




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