Importance of Church and Religious rituals in Colonial life

By:Parth MehtaZack Rupp

Antonio Jennings

Wealthiest and oldest

members of the church got

the best seats.

Seating comities at colonial church's separated families by social class and sex

Seating separation of the Church

Church's weren’t only

used for religious

practice.

Purpose of Church

Colonial families came

early to church to do business.

Only place to socialize,

advertise and celebrate

in colonies

Many colonial families would come to church to talk about tobacco and livestock prices and other cash crops.

People came to read adds, important town meeting dates, cattle sales and marriages.

Events during and after church.Sermons in northeastern colonies

lasted two to three hours and

prayer were a little shorter. In southern colonies the church’s

read the Anglican Book of

Common Prayer and the prayers

were so long that the sermon was

only twenty minutes. In New England after church many families would go to the “ Sabba- day house there meals would be served , adults socialized and children read sermons.

In the south families would take strolls around the church after church.

.

Sunday was a very religious day in colonial times.

Many colonial families read the Bible from front to back

Religious rituals were

extremely important.

If boys didn’t behave on Sunday they could

be confined in a cage at New York City Hall

Park .

Religious rituals

Sabbath day is a day prayer no work You couldn’t skip church and do fun activities like fishing or dancing.

Work citedO Pictures from google.com and clip

art.