Home of Plymouth Rock and the famed Mayflower landing, Massachusetts has a long history as one of the 13 original colonies. (smartasset.com)
By 1790 two districts boasted populations larger than Rhode Island and Delaware, two of the original colonies. (religion-online.org)
And to continue Juan Tanamo's point, sectarian persecution within and between the original colonies played a large role in adopting the 1st Amendment. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)