<span>The religious history of the United States began with the first Pilgrim settlers who came on the Mayflower in the year 1620. Their Protestant faith motivated their movement as a community to the New World from Europe where they could practice in peace. The Spanish set up a famous network of Catholic missions in California, but they had all closed long before 1848 when California became part of the U.S. </span>
A system of peace treaties that involved harsh penalties for aggressor nations and their allies
<span>The bells on churchs and public meeting establishment rang the bells continuously to obtain the attention of the people that an important event had taken place. Other methods of celebration at the time was to fire a musket into the air.</span>
