Why Did Jefferson Argue That Religious Freedom Is Needed

Reiche 1 Markus Reiche Professor Rectenwald HIS10500ONLNEOL11 September 16, 2015 Why does Jefferson argue that religious freedom is needed? The Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom is an announcement composed by Thomas Jefferson and went by the Virginia General Assembly on January 16, 1786. Jefferson believed in religious freedom and exerted himself to separate state and church. He argued that religious freedom was more than needed in America, a nation of immigrants. Thomas Jefferson succeeded in overcoming problems like religious discrimination. The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom is a result of Thomas Jefferson’s believes about religious freedom. In his document he wrote that â€Å"no man shall be compelled to frequent or support†¦show more content†¦1 Thomas Jefferson. An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, 16 January 1786. Records of the General Assembly, Enrolled Bills, Record Group 78. Lab# 07_0071_01 Reiche 2 From the day the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom was granted by the Virginia General Assembly, Thomas Jefferson succeeded in overcoming the religious difficulties in America. As it later transpired, his work laid the foundations of the first amendment protections for religious freedom in the United of America. An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, is a primary source which gives an instructive glimpse into the time when America was going through an intense phase of self-discovery. Reiche 1 Markus Reiche Professor Rectenwald HIS10500ONLNEOL11 September 18, 2015 Was the American Revolution Inevitable? The article â€Å"Was the American Revolution Inevitable?† is a publication written by Dr. Francis D. Cogliano, a senior docent in American History at the University of Edinburgh and occupies itself with the American Revolution during the eighteenth century. This document, a secondary source electronically published on September 18, 2015, was written long time after the American Revolution occurred. Thereby, Dr. Francis D. Cogliano answer to the abovementioned question gives a glimpse about the life at this time in American History. America in the eighteenth century was a colonial administrated country by the European power of Britain.