Map of Leading Church Bodies in the USA

I think that this map captures an interesting aspect of America because it shows a variety of different churches across the United Sates outlining the different religions followed by some individuals within all the regions of America. The Catholics are the firsts largest denominational group in the USA and the Baptist church are second. The first Baptist church was set up in Charleston in 1682, some baptist preachers spread the religion across the states and settled in Virginia, North and South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana and so on. The Europeans brought Catholicism and Christianity to the States following the arrival of Christopher Columbus. I think this map is interesting as it shows the growth and strength of religions such as Mormons, they were founded by Joseph Smith in 1830 in Missouri but was forced out an later moved to Utah where today it is still a predominantly Mormon state and the religion has grown and spread across into large parts of Idaho and Arizona as well as small parts of other states such as Nevada, Colorado and Oregon. I think that this map represents that America has many diverse identities which can be expressed in many ways, but this map shows some identities shown by religion.