The Mayflower Compact of 1620 begins with the invocation "In the name of God. Amen." and proceeds to bind the signers to a civil covenant for "The gloire(sic) of God. and advancements of the Christian faith." But the lessfamiliar First Charter o1 Virginia. granted in 1606 by King James I. also outlines as one of the principal reasons for the founding of the Virginia colony the spread of religious faith. The desire for religious freedom directly underlay the establishment of several New England colonies. as well as Pennsylvania and Maryland. and contributed significantly to the settlement of all the Original Thirteen Colonies. Millions of early colonists and later immigrantsDissenters. Catholics. Quakers.
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