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The Act of Uniformity of 1662 in England required the use of all the rites and ceremonies in the Book of Common Prayer of 1662 in church services.

The Conventicle Act of 1664, under King Charles II, was an English statute that forbade religious assemblies of more than five people outside the auspices of the Church of England.

In other words, there was a time when rites, ceremonies, and church meetings themselves needed to be approved by the Church of England.

Laws like this continued to be in place in England until around 1688 and the ascent of William and Mary. Some relocated to the American colonies while pursuing religious freedom. Some stayed in England and Scotland and suffered.

This type of civil government regulation of religion in England was still remembered when the US Constitution's 1st amendment was written.