COUSINS, THIS IS INFORMTIONS THAT I HAVE NOT FOUND IN THE NORMAL MIGRATION OF OUR NATION. SEEMS THAT WE SHOULD WANT TO KNOW JUST WHAT FECT THIS MIGHT HAVE HAD COCERNING OUR ANCESTORS. BELOW COPPIED FROM THE INTERNET ______________________________ History of Christianity in the United States >From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: _navigation_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_the_United_States#mw-navigation) , _search_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Christianity_in_the_United_States#p-search) Christianity was introduced to _North America_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America) as it was _colonized by Europeans_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_colonization_of_the_Americas) beginning in the _16th_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_16th_century) and _17th centuries_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity_in_the_17th_century) . The _Spanish_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_people) , _French_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_people) , and _British_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_people) brought _Roman Catholicism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholicism) to the colonies of _New Spain_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Spain) , _New France_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_France) and _Maryland_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryland_colony) respectively, while _Northern European_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_European) peoples introduced _Protestantism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism) to _Massachusetts Bay Colony_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts_Bay_Colony) , _New Netherland_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Netherland) , _Virginia colony_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_colony) , _Carolina Colony_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_Colony) , _Newfoundland and Labrador_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newfoundland_and_Labrador) , and _Lower Canada_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower_Canada) . Among Protestants, adherents to _Anglicanism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglicanism) , the _Baptist Church_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptists) , _Congregationalism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregational_church) , _Presbyterianism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterianism) , _Lutheranism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism) , _Quakerism_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quakerism) , _Mennonite_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mennonite) and _Moravian Church_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moravian_Church) were the first to settle to the US, spreading their faith in the new country. Today most Christians in the _United States_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) are _Mainline Protestant_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainline_(Protestant)) , _Evangelical_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism) , or _Roman Catholic_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic)