dominant denominations
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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
The Half-Way Covenant (1662)
weakens the distinction between “elect” and everyone else
sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church
Salem Witch Trials (1692)
accusations were often directed at property-owning women
partly caused by unsettled social and religious conditions
reflected widening social stratification
p88
George Whitefield PreachingAmericans of both genders and allraces and regions were spellbound by Whitefield’s emotive oratory.
Great Awakening (1730s-1740s)
encouraged by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
aimed at revitalizing American religion
the first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans
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