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title: "Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state?"  
description: "Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state?"  
author: "Torres mary"  
published: 2018-05-16  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42469/who-had-political-power-in-the-colony-did-the-puritans-believe-in-the-separation-of-church-and-state  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state? 

Who had [political power](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/39392/the-chief-source-of-political-power-in-india-is) in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the [separation](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/51290/what-is-the-separation-of-powers) of church and state?


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