With the forming of the United States as a religious haven, most of the first settlers crossed the Atlantic ocean to flee religious persecution and to find a place where they could practice a more pure form of their beliefs.  This new way of life development the Government in line with religious views.   This article explores the Puritan communities and the Government in Massachusetts.

Bradford's leadership in the Plymouth plantation very effectively set up the representative form of government that was used as the basics for Massachusetts.  His views on society and faith helped to foster civil laws.  This article goes in depth on the Economic side in relation to Puritans and government.

John Winthrop was dedicated to public service.  Over the many years he served as Governor and stepped down when his fellow men wanted someone new only to serve again as Governor a few years later.  Winthrop saw the problems of the Church and State in England which was why he took his family to the New World.  Once there he began to form a new government that he never fully got to see, which was a transformation from Puritan to Yankee.

Benjamin Franklin was far from religious, but he was one of the founding fathers of the United States and a very smart man in most fields of study.  He worked with many people and had views of policy and found that religion should not influence the Government as religion is more emotional than practical for passing legislation.

This article ingages in the Political thought of Roger Williams. His idea of Government was that of separation of Church and State. He sees the State with individual men in a Civil Society rather than the collective view of Puritan life style.

A large part of the removal of Religion from Government in the United States was the increase of industrialization in the process of becoming modern.  This article looks at the fall of Puritan power and deep faith in God, to the forming of a Nation that will be known as a melting pot for years to come.