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Religion in Colonial America: Trends, Regulations, and Beliefs

Religion in Colonial America: Trends, Regulations, and Beliefs. Attempted to enforce strict religious observance. Not a culture of religious unity. Religious life was haphazard and irregular. As colonies settled , influence of clergy & churches grew. Slavery shaped by religion.

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Religion in Colonial America: Trends, Regulations, and Beliefs

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  1. Religion in Colonial America: Trends, Regulations, and Beliefs

  2. Attempted to enforce strict religious observance

  3. Not a culture of religious unity

  4. Religious life was haphazard and irregular

  5. As colonies settled, influence of clergy & churches grew

  6. Slavery shaped by religion

  7. Degree of religious tolerance

  8. Meetinghouse: secular & religious functions

  9. New England PuritansGovernment theocratic: leaders’ authority from divine guidance & civil authority used to enforce religious conformity

  10. Mid-Atlantic and Southern ColoniesQuakers, Catholics, Lutherans, Jews, Baptists, AnglicansChurch of England recognized by law as the state church

  11. Great Awakening:movement challenged the clerical elite and colonial establishment by focusing on the sinfulness of every individual, and on salvation through personal, emotional conversion

  12. Protestant rationalism:God endowed humans with reason so that they could tell the difference between right and wrong. Knowing the difference meant that humans made free choices to sin or behave morally

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