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Colonial Folkways

Colonial Folkways. The Development of Religious Toleration. Focus Question. Define ‘Religious Freedom’. Religious Roots. Colonial North America had strong religious roots Anglican Church supreme in the Southern Colonies Puritans supreme in much of New England Middle Colonies were mixed.

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Colonial Folkways

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  1. Colonial Folkways The Development of Religious Toleration

  2. Focus Question • Define ‘Religious Freedom’

  3. Religious Roots • Colonial North America had strong religious roots • Anglican Church supreme in the Southern Colonies • Puritans supreme in much of New England • Middle Colonies were mixed

  4. Religious roots of education • Education centered in New England • Grew from Protestant Reformation • Puritan institution • “Old Deluder Satan” law • Saw growth of the first college in the colonies • Harvard 1636 New England long took a lead in education

  5. Cracks in the System • Anne Hutchinson • Preached to groups of men and women • Claimed she received revelations from God • Banished from Massachusetts • Killed in a raid by Native Americans

  6. Slow Collapse of Puritan Structure • Puritans dispersed throughout New England • Saw influx of many non-Puritans • Difficulty in maintaining political control • “Half-Way Covenant” • Salem Witch Trials

  7. Roger Williams in Massachusetts • Puritan minister who drifted to the Separatists • Called for a clean break with Church of England • Challenged ties between State and Church • The State was unable to regulate religions • Banished from Massachusetts • Settled in Rhode Island

  8. Rhode Island • Williams settled Rhode Island with his followers • Promoted his ideas of religion • The state could not determine the faith of citizens • Called for complete religious freedom and toleration • First of its kind in the Americas

  9. Calverts in Maryland • Maryland settled as a haven for Catholics • The Calverts were a prominent English Catholic family • Colonization as providing a refuge • Religious Divisions • Later settlers largely Anglican • Trouble between Catholics and Anglicans • Act of Toleration (1649) • Allowed freedom of worship for those who worship the Trinity

  10. William Penn and the Quakers • Society of Friends developed in the 1600s • Promoted fellowship, simplicity, brotherhood • Viewed with disdain by other faiths • King Charles II owed vast sums to the Penn family • Granted Pennsylvania to Penn • Penn saw his colony as providing a haven for all • Settled at first by Quakers

  11. The Colony of Peace • Quakers committed to nonviolence • Penn took this idea to his colony • Required all trade with Native Americans to be completely open and honest • Promoted peace in all dealings • Planned the settlement of Philadelphia

  12. Religious Toleration • Pennsylvania open to settlement by all • Quakers refused to discriminate over belief • Extended to other social reforms • Growing dislike over slavery • Promotion of social causes

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