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Dominant Denominations

Dominant Denominations. Tax-supported colonial churches: Anglican (Church of England) – Virginia Congregational – Massachusetts Presbyterians – side with the Seditionists, as do the Congregationalists Roman Catholics – still generally discriminated against. Table 5-2 p86.

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Dominant Denominations

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  1. Dominant Denominations Tax-supported colonial churches: • Anglican (Church of England) – Virginia • Congregational– Massachusetts • Presbyterians – side with the Seditionists, as do the Congregationalists • Roman Catholics – still generally discriminated against

  2. Table 5-2 p86

  3. The Half-Way Covenant (1662) • weakens the distinction between “elect” and everyone else • sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church

  4. Salem Witch Trials (1692) • accusations were often directed at property-owning women • partly caused by unsettled social and religious conditions • reflected widening social stratification

  5. George Whitefield Preaching Americans of both genders and all races and regions were spellbound by Whitefield’s emotive oratory. p88

  6. Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) • encouraged by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield • aimed at revitalizing American religion • the first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans

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