[djf]

I think it’s 53 of the 56 signers of the Declaration were Protestants.

[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

Given that America was founded primarily and vastly from Englishmen, it is no surprise that most of them worshipped by some variation of the Church of England. 80% of them were either Episcopalian (Anglican) or Congregationalist. That 97% were “Protestants” can hardly be surprising.

Now if America were founded by Irishmen or Spaniards, it would have been a very different thing.

[Verginius Rufus]

One of the 56 Signers was a Catholic, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. None of them were Jewish. The rest were Protestant if they had any religion (I don’t know if someone like Thomas Jefferson could be considered a Protestant at that point in his life).

[Disestablishmentarian]

>>>I think it’s 53 of the 56 signers of the Declaration were Protestants.<<

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Yes, and Puritan-influenced forms no doubt (though no longer by that name).

The Puritan spirit created liberty and capitalism.