Okay, imagine you and your friend really like playing with toys. But sometimes, you can't agree on how to play with your toys. Your friend thinks one way is better, and you think another way is better. This is kind of like what happened a long time ago with the Christian religion.
Long ago, there was only one big Christian church called the Catholic Church. But some people didn't agree with how the church was doing things. They had some different ideas about how to worship and follow God. These people started protesting, or speaking out, against the Catholic Church because they wanted to follow their own beliefs. And that's how the Protestant religion was born.
The Protestant religion is made up of many different groups, kind of like different toys to play with. One of these groups is the Presbyterians. The Presbyterians have their own way of doing things and their own beliefs about God.
Now, let's fast forward to the year 1707. In that year, something called the Presbyterian Church Act was passed. This act was like a rulebook, and it said that the Presbyterians could have their own church and worship the way they wanted to.
Before this act, there were some problems between the Presbyterians and the government. The government didn't like how the Presbyterians were practicing their religion. The Presbyterian Church Act fixed these problems by giving the Presbyterians the right to have their own church and teach their beliefs without interference.
Think of it like this: The Presbyterian Church Act was like a new set of rules that said the Presbyterians could have their own special toy store. They could play with their toys, the way they wanted to, without anyone telling them how to do it.
So, protestant religion is like a big group of people who didn't agree with the Catholic Church and started their own churches with different beliefs. And the Presbyterian Church Act was a rule that gave the Presbyterians the right to have their own church and practice their own beliefs.