Colonial Religions And Puritans

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The first amendment was written to prevent the national government from establishing a national church. During the colonial days each colony had its own official religion. That means that each state favored one religion over another by supplying it taxpayers money. This proved that some of the states religions were in fact, corrupt.
During those early days each religion feared that one particular religion would be crowned the national religion. For instance, the Puritans didn't want the Quakers to be the head honcho and the Quakers didn't want the Puritans to be the head