Wellspring of liberty how Virginia's religious dissenters helped win the American Revolution and secured religious liberty /

Virginia's dissenters, primarily Presbyterians and Baptists demanded religious liberty in return for supporting the American Revolution. The resulting negotiations not only brought Virginia, and America, religious freedom, but politicized dissenters and republicanized the polity.

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Autore principale: Ragosta, John A.
Natura: eBook
Lingua:English
Pubblicazione: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.
Soggetti:
Church and state > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Dissenters, Religious > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Freedom of religion > Virginia > History > 18th century.
Virginia > History > Revolution, 1775-1783.
Virginia > Politics and government > 1775-1783.
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Riassunto:Virginia's dissenters, primarily Presbyterians and Baptists demanded religious liberty in return for supporting the American Revolution. The resulting negotiations not only brought Virginia, and America, religious freedom, but politicized dissenters and republicanized the polity.
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Bibliografia:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199866779 (ebook) :

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