What is your task? Do you have to write an essay on the theme? What have you read so far on it? It's an interesting but also a huge and controversial issue.

You could discuss the American penchant for individual liberty and trace its origins back to the reaction against social, spiritual and theological control by the RC church in Western Europe in the Middle Ages. As I understand it, the founding fathers of the US were mostly English Puritans with deeply held beliefs and so it was inevitable that their beliefs would become enshrined in the constitution, not least the right to religious liberty. English Puritans reacted against the Church of England's social and political influence. They believed in a separation of church and state and no bishops. Their ideas of church organisation were very egalitarian and non-hierarchical, and, in my opinion, this would have had a significant effect on the development of democracy and political institutions in the US. Look up "separation of powers."

I won't try to answer this directly. Here are some resources that might help. 1) List of U.S. presidents by religious affiliation: http://tinyurl.com/nwl7or8 In reading this list, begin by looking for any Presidents who were "Catholic" or "Jewish." Count "Baptist," "Congregationalist," "Disciples of Christ," "Dutch Reformed," "Episcopalian," "Methodist," and "Presbyterian" as "Protestant." Count "Deist," "Quaker," "Unitarian," and "No affiliation" as "hard to classify but certainly not Catholic or Jewish." What pattern do you see? Hint: I am old enough to remember the election of John F. Kennedy in 1960. His candidacy was controversial, and many feared that he was unelectable. Why? 2) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Anglo-Saxon_Protestant "White Anglo-Saxon Protestant (WASP) is an informal, sometimes disparaging and offensive term] for a group of high-status and influential White Americans of English Protestant ancestry. The term applies to a group believed to control disproportionate social, political, and financial power in the United States. It describes a group whose family wealth, education, status, and elite connections allow them a degree of privilege held by few others." 3) The United States was formed in 1776 from the "13 original colonies." Puritans, Baptists and Anglicans are all Protestants. According to one source, The New England colonists were largely Puritans, who led very strict lives. The Middle colonists were a mixture of religions, including Quakers (led by William Penn), Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, and others. The Southern colonists had a mixture of religions as well, including Baptists and Anglicans.