Between the settlement of Jamestown in 1607 and the Treaty of Paris in 1763, the most important change that occurred in the colonies was the emergence of a society quite different from that in England. Changes in religion, economics, politics, and social structure illustrate this Americanization of the transplanted Europeans.
By 1763, although some colonies still maintained established churches, other colonies had accomplished a virtual revolution for religious toleration and separation of church and state. Straying away from the trend of establishing an official state church as England and other colonies had, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Delaware, and Pennsylvania had no established, tax-supported, churches. These colonies allowed for
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