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Thomas Jefferson drafts a bill to prevent Virginia Tax dollars from being used to support the state church, Anglicanism in the colonial era. The church itself rebrands itself as the Episcopal Church, but still hopes for state support. For years, the debate rages. After Jefferson leaves for France, James Madison takes up leadership on the fight, getting the Assembly to pass the bill in 1786.
Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia, by Thomas Buckley (borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785, by James Madison: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
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Thomas Jefferson drafts a bill to prevent Virginia Tax dollars from being used to support the state church, Anglicanism in the colonial era. The church itself rebrands itself as the Episcopal Church, but still hopes for state support. For years, the debate rages. After Jefferson leaves for France, James Madison takes up leadership on the fight, getting the Assembly to pass the bill in 1786.
Blog https://blog.AmRevPodcast.com includes a complete transcript, as well as pictures, and links related to this week's episode.
Book Recommendation of the Week: Establishing Religious Freedom: Jefferson's Statute in Virginia, by Thomas Buckley (borrow on archive.org).
Online Recommendation of the Week: Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessments, 1785, by James Madison: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-08-02-0163
Join American Revolution Podcast on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AmRevPodcast
Ask your American Revolution Podcast questions on Quora: https://amrevpod.quora.com
Join the Facebook group, American Revolution
Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/132651894048271
Follow the podcast on Twitter @AmRevPodcast
Join the podcast mail list: https://mailchi.mp/d3445a9cd244/american-revolution-podcast-by-michael-troy
ARP T-shirts and other merch: http://tee.pub/lic/AmRevPodcast
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