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The most common ethnic groups in the Thirteen Colonies were those from either Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) or Ulster (north Ireland). Those of Irish, Dutch, German, or French backgrounds would see attempts to assimilate them into the dominant English and predominately Protestant culture . [ 3 ]
The Protestant Reformation in England was initially much concerned about doctrine but the Elizabethan Settlement tried to put a stop to doctrinal contentions. The proponents of further changes, nonetheless, tried to get their way by making changes in Church Order (abolition of bishops), governance (Canon Law) and liturgy.
Country Position Name Portrait Since Party [note 1] Ref Northern Ireland [2]: First Minister: Michelle O'Neill: 3 February 2024 (11 months ago) () Sinn Féin [3]Deputy First Minister
The majority of American presidents have belonged to Protestant faiths. St. John's Church, an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C., has been visited by every sitting president since James Madison.
She was also the first non-Protestant woman elected to Parliament, having converted to Catholicism in 1917. [2] She abstained from the House of Commons. Alice Cullen, Labour MP for Glasgow Gorbals, 1948–69. She was the first female Catholic MP to take her seat. First female member of the House of Lords
Wesley himself was the original president of the Methodist Conference – although at the 1780 conference in Bristol, Christopher Hopper presided in Wesley's absence [7] – but after his death it was agreed that in future, so much authority would not be placed in the hands of one man. Instead, the president would be elected for one year only ...
Before the Union of England and Scotland in 1707, the Treasury of England was led by the Lord High Treasurer. [12] By the late Tudor period, the Lord High Treasurer was regarded as one of the Great Officers of State, [12] and was often (though not always) the dominant figure in government: Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset (lord high treasurer, 1547–1549), [13] served as lord protector to ...
Charles Morton (1626–1698), the educator and minister who ended his career as vice-president of Harvard College, ran an influential academy; [16] the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography judges Morton's "probably the most impressive of the dissenting academies [prior to 1685], enrolling as many as fifty pupils at a time".