This thesis evaluates the changes that took place concerning the inclusion of religion in the Massachusetts state Constitution from its inception in 1780 through the amendments of 1833. Christianity, specifically Protestantism, was a central part of Massachusetts’ culture at the onset of the Revolutionary War and the Declaration of Independence. Many of the inhabitants’ ancestors came to Massachusetts for the express purpose of either finding a place to practice their religion in peace or to provide an example of perfect Christianity for the rest of the world. Most religious groups at the time believed their religion was the one true religion. As more and diverse religious groups came to the shores of America, religious tolerance became an issue. Most religious groups were not sympathetic or even cordial to people of other faiths or denominations. William Marnell states that the “Puritans believed in religious liberty for Puritans alone.” There certainly was no room for allowing “dissidents” to have a voice regarding the operation of the community. The events that led to the creation of the Constitution of Massachusetts were fraught with religious tension. The first attempt at creating a Constitution in 1778 failed due to a lack of emphasis on religion. Both the Constitutionalists and the Separatists wanted specific declarations in the Constitution regarding what the state would require of

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The Evolution of Religion in the Massachusetts State Constitution

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D URING the fall of 1775 the work of the Continental Congress engaged most of John Adams' time. On October 29, however, Adams broke from his congressional duties long enough to write a few paragraphs to his wife, Abigail, who had remained in Braintree. Adams seldom employed the sentimental prose of the absent husband; this occasion was no exception. He explained to his patient wife that among his fellow delegates his "overweening Prejudice in favour of New England ... leads me to expose myself to just Ridicule."' The representative from Massachusetts realized that his outspoken provincial manners clashed with the ways of his more cosmopolitan associates in Philadelphia. But Adams had no intention of changing his attitudes for anyone, especially for anyone from outside Massachusetts. Experience had impressed a love of New England deeply on his character. In the remainder of his letter he justified his "local Attachment" by lecturing Abigail about the superior virtues of New England institutions. He wrote nothing that she had not heard him say many times before. Indeed, the traditions of New England were a central passion throughout Adams' life and the key to understanding the continuity of his political thought. Few things awakened Adams' enthusiasm as quickly as a discussion about the meaning of the New England heritage. He told his friends that the founding of America was the greatest single event in world history. In 1765, for example, he declared in his diary that "I always consider the settlement of America with Reverence and Wonder-as the Opening of a grand scene and Design in Providence, for the Illumination of the Ignorant and the Emancipation of the slavish Part of Mankind all over the Earth."2 When Adams spoke about the founding of the

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