Declension-- Puritans in the Colonies

In Massachusetts (The New England):
Two years after the Glorious Revolution in England, Cotton Mather in the 382 books out of his 469 books said that the declining population in the church was because of the increasing Deism exited in the Church of England, known as the "Declension". To get rid of the Deism, Cotton Mather suggested a destroying to the witches in the church might work, which was the Salem Witchcraft Tail in 1692; among the 152 convicted, 19 were hanged and 24 people were dead. As a result of that two years before the Glorious Revolution in England, the Church of England allowed the visible saints to vote: they were the great landowners or people who own the political powers in the church.

In New Jersey, Pennsylvania (The Middle Colonies):
The state Pennsylvania was found by a Quarker, named William Penn, he was a wealthy individual, who gained the land grant from the British government. Penn welcomed all who belived in God to come to stay in his granted lands. It attracted many Jews and Germany to come to Pennsylvania. But even before the Salem Witchcraft Trial of 1691, a great number of Europeans migrated into Philidalphia; among the immigrants, about 50% was the Germany and 50% was the colonies of British. Pennsylvania was the first state allowed the religious liberity (a religion unstablish state), and the city grew rapidly throughout the Glorious Revolution. The church members grew in Pennsylvania, which was a retrospective vision for the historians to tell that the Declension was casued by the feeling of rejection from the Church of England and not by the witches.

In Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia (The Southern Colonies):
The farmers lived far away from each other in these states. Purish Vestry played a role like the policemen; but, the power of the Church of England was weak, and it advantaged to the Baptists to preach gospel in these areas.

Maryland was the only state among the 13 colonies allowed the Roman Catholics to stay.

In a conclusion, shortly before the First Awaking for the Puritans, the Church of England disallowed the politicians to vote in the churches. By the time of Civil War, the Church of England was almost disappeared in the American societies.