Christianity has been a fundamental aspect for many Americans across the nation. It helped shape the early government, the first educational schools, and established a principal on which many political and activist groups would change the American landscape for generations to come. Christianity has been intricately intertwined with the history and formation of Western society. Throughout its long history, the Church has been a major source of social services like schooling and medical care; an inspiration for art, culture and philosophy; and an influential player in politics and religion.
Answer: There were black codes put in place to keep Africans from voting and doing other things that whites were allowed to do. There was the poll tax, the KKK, and just the simple fact that Jim Crow laws and racism were still allowed.
The colonists right to have a say in government was removed when their legislatures were dissolved, and by the ongoing lack of Parliamentary representation for the colonies.