Do you think this 2nd Circuit quote is a reference to Satanism Fourth was religion Colonial peoples notions of their own individual rights and their reliance on themselves were part of the movement away from religious authority and towards religious freedom Thus for example the Massachusetts Bay Colony spawned Dissenters such as Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams who declaring that the colony s leaders had not followed the pilgrims heritage left and obtained a charter for Providence Rhode Island in 1663 where they preached that every person should be allowed to follow his own conscience in matters of religion Connecticut Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Bay Colony which formed the heart of New England Puritanism were part of a religious heritage characterized by a prickly independence and stubborn self reliance See 1 Page Smith A New Age Now Begins A People s History of the American Revolution 22 23 1976 It is impossible to deny that the Bible was a book of significance See and significance in American law see and and