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Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

Revolutionary Thoughts. Instructor: Carol Jean Cox. Revolutionary Thoughts. Age of Enlightenment The Great Awakening. Revolutionary Thoughts. The Thirteen Colonies in 1763. Revolutionary Thoughts. Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 " Age of Reason"

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Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

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  1. Revolutionary Thoughts Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

  2. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment • The Great Awakening

  3. Revolutionary Thoughts The Thirteen Colonies in 1763

  4. Revolutionary Thoughts Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • "Age of Reason" • Scientific, Philosophical & Political Revolution • European in origin • Scientific Revolution • Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727 • noted origin of world explained by folklore, myths • man did not apply reason, "he was not enlightened” • sequence of study, reason, test, repeat SEQUENCE OF LOGIC

  5. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • Scientific Revolution • Sir Isaac Newton 1642-1727 • proposed ”laws of nature” can't be changed • LAW OF GRAVITY • a matter of mass (density of material) • proposes it is a mechanical world (physics) • GOD IS A WATCHMAKER THEORY • intermeshing gears • Prime Mover - analogy of ball on hill • what causes this? wind/pressure/sun IDEA OF RATIONALITY

  6. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • Philosophical Revolution • VOLTAIRE 1694-1778 • originator of the idea of Deism • belief in a creator or originator • God is a rationalist and is non personal • God does not reveal himself nor a prescription for living • Reasoning leads to tolerance of beliefs • The Nature of man is good • "Secular Humanism" SPIRITUAL REASONING

  7. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • Political Revolution • John Locke 1632-1704 • a doctor interested in philosophy • 1688 - time of bloodless revolution in England • "Glorious Revolution" • God is non-partial - therefore man is EQUAL IN HIS POLITICAL RIGHTS • Each man has the right to LIFE, LIBERTY & PROPERTY (U.S. Jefferson & Franklin were American proponents)

  8. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • Scientific Revolution • Philosophical Revolution • Political Revolution “WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness…: - Declaration of Independence

  9. Revolutionary Thoughts • The Great Awakening 1730-1740 • Religious Revival in America • tent revivals • Scotch-Irish rural populations in the Appalachians • Rebuttal to the Enlightenists • Beginnings of Revival • Dutch Reformed Church • Frelinghuysen 1720's • "to awaken to personal repentance" • Scotch Irish Presbyterians • Reverend Tennets -log college • Methodists in England • John Wesley

  10. Revolutionary Thoughts • The Great Awakening 1730-1740 • Revivalists • Jonathan Edwards • Yale at 1, Pastor at 24 • One of greatest minds • George Whitefield • predominant figure in New England • can know God in a personal way • Individualism in terms of getting to know God LOVING GOD in contrast to Anglican theology of a harsh god

  11. Revolutionary Thoughts • The Great Awakening 1730-1740 • Results of the revival • Growth of churches • New denominations • Growth of Education - schools of religion • Religion personalized instead of institutionalized • Religious <-----> Political connection • INDIVIDUAL <------> GOD *** People took this individuality and applied it to politics • Direct Support of Individual Representation • INDIVIDUAL <-------> POLITICS

  12. Revolutionary Thoughts • Age of Enlightenment 1700-1800 • Scientific, Philosophical & Political Revolution • Apply “reason” to achieve enlightenment • Political Reason “all men are equal with equal rights” • The Great Awakening 1730-1740 • Religious Revival • Individual and his importance to God • Individual importance is connected to political importance • Direct Support of Individual Representation

  13. Revolutionary Thoughts Instructor: Carol Jean Cox

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