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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Dominant DenominationsTax-supported colonial churches:Anglican (Church of England) VirginiaCongregational Massachusetts
Presbyterians side with the Seditionists, as do the CongregationalistsRoman Catholics still generally discriminated against
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Table 5-2 p86
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The Half-Way Covenant (1662)weakens the distinction between elect and everyone elsesacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church
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Salem Witch Trials (1692)accusations were often directed at property-owning womenpartly caused by unsettled social and religious conditionsreflected widening social stratification
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p88George Whitefield PreachingAmericans of both genders and allraces and regions were spellbound by Whitefields emotive oratory.
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Great Awakening (1730s-1740s)encouraged by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefieldaimed at revitalizing American religionthe first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans
*George Whitefield PreachingAmericans of both genders and allraces and regions were spellbound byWhitefields emotive oratory.*