Although this Puritan stock had been dissenters in England (thus the liberals), in America they were the Standing Order, the ruling elite (and thus the conservatives against other religious groups like the Baptists and Quakers).
Obwohl dieser puritanische Stamm in England Dissidenten war (also die Liberalen), waren sie in Amerika die herrschende Elite und damit die Konservativen gegen andere religiöse Gruppen wie die Baptisten und Quäker.