Religious practice officially began in North America in 1620, when a group of separatists landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Although Jamestown, Virginia, established ten years earlier, was the first English settlement in North America, the breakaway colony included the first religious element. Believing that the Anglican Church was corrupt beyond redemption, the separatists isolated themselves from it and then fled to Holland to escape the persecution that followed. Unfortunately, the separatists quickly became dissatisfied with the Netherlands' lack of morality. They wanted a completely new start and so set off into a new world. For separatists, Christianity was an integral part of life. They created a society based solely on the Bible with laws that strictly followed biblical principles. This religious fervor led them to stifle any signs of religious dissent. While this harsh view may shock Americans today, it is a legitimate and understandable view when we remember the separatists' past experiences. The reason the Separatists left England was so they could create a perfectly unified Church. This was the reason they could not allow dissidents. The strict policies of the separatists created the need for dissidents to leave the Plymouth community and found their own communities. They also required people of other faiths to create their own communities. Some of these people were Quakers and Catholics. The Quakers were a religious sect whose unpopular beliefs led them to be persecuted virtually everywhere they went. After settling in America, they realized the importance of religious freedom and tolerance. This led the leader of the Puritans, William Penn, to realize that it was very emotional. In the New England region the revival was very solemn, somber and decorous. The Second Great Awakening was a defining moment in African American religious history as it converted over forty thousand African Americans. However, the Second Great Awakening also spawned some questionable denominations, some of which are recognized today by evangelical Christians as sects. These include Mormons or the Church of Latter-day Saints. At this time, churches were also organized into democratic societies with a common purse and distributed money to missionaries in order to promote the gospel. The churches still believed that piety was necessary for good government and that good government was necessary for godliness. The most important fact not to be overlooked about this entire period is that everyone had an inherently Christian worldview..