When we think of religion and how it has helped mold our history, we might think of moral values; however, religion has affected more then that. It has changed the way we live our lives, even from our early history. This period of history called Anglo-Saxon was heavily influenced by the Roman Catholics. The churches critism of there "north Umbrian" dress for being to pagan actually had a large impact on the way people dress from 400-900 AD. The changes of the Anglo-Saxons were strongly encouraged by the Roman Catholic Church (clothing and apparel)

Moving though history, we see that most wars were started because of religious differences. For example, the Thirty years war was because of the reformation in the church. That was lasted form 1618 to 1948 (Cairns). Another was that was religion related was the hundred-year war, between the English and the French. One other notable war was the battle of the Crusades. They were based upon the idea that had brought relics and fetishism into popularity. Reverence for, and even actual worship of physical remains followed the struggle to recapture all the great relics. After that almost all relics were brought back from Jerusalem.

It was because of religious persecution that the pilgrims sailed to the Americas. During this time the Consitioun, amendments, and other parts of this country's foundation were firmly built. Which we still use these same laws and rights today. Christiany has had the most influence in the United States over other religions. Our public school system started as an al boy's Christian school. Where the Bible was a major learning tool of moral values and a history book. In fact some colonist lat their ministers kick out some teachers for not having a certain "faith" (Bates40). In this time Christiany was thought to be the only acceptable religion. "The place of religion in out society is an exalted one, achieved though a long tradition of reliance on the home, the church, and the inviolable citadel of the individual heart and mind" this was a published quote from a magazine on the 18th century (Blanshard133). As our country grew older between 1773 and 1820 about 250,000 people came to America. They were Roman Catholics, Jews and different types of protestant religion. The nation had never been so di

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