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mr_godi [17]
3 years ago
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Use the following excerpt from the Petition of the Baptists of Prince William County, Virginia (June 1776) to answer the questio

n below:
Whereas this colony with others, is now contending for the civil rights & liberties of mankind against the enslaving scheme of a powerful enemy, we . . . have thought it our duty as peaceable Christians to petition . . . that we be allowed to worship God in our own way . . . [and] to maintain our own ministers . . . and no others . . . [and] be married, buried, and the like, without paying the parsons of any other denomination. These things granted, we will gladly unite with our brethren of other denominations, and to the utmost of our ability, promote the cause of freedom.

Question: What did the Baptists of Prince William County, Virginia want?
Social Studies
1 answer:
pantera1 [17]3 years ago
5 0

Answer:

Religious freedom; to end the privilege of Anglicanism in Virginia.

Explanation:

The excerpt from the petition of the Baptists of Prince William County, Virginia emphasizes that the baptists wanted religious liberty("we be allowed to worship God in our way," "we be allowed to worship God in our way"). They are seeking their religious freedom to " maintain our own ministers" and also aspired to end the "privilege of Anglicanism in Virginia as "to maintain our own ministers . and no others . . . [and] be married, buried, and the like, without paying the parsons of any other denomination". Thus, the correct answer is 'religious freedom' and marking a full-stop to the allowances to Anglicists in Virginia.

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