The freedom given by the Charter Act of 1813 had so far been taken advantage of principally by the missionary societies from the United Kingdom. But the Charter Act of 1833 brought missions from other countries also on the scene. Prominent among them were the German and American Missions. The Basel Mission Society began work at Mangalore in 1834 and soon extended its activities very largely in the Kannada and Malayalam territory. Other important German societies were the Protestant Lutheran Missionary Society (founded at Dresden in 1836) and Women’s Association of Education of Females in the Orient (Founded in Berlin in 1842) both of which did considerable missionary work in India. Equally important was the appearance of the “well - manned and richly financed” American societies amongst which may be mentioned the American Baptist Union, the American Board, and the American Presbyterian Mission Board.