01:512:103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: George Whitefield, Colonial History Of The United States, Samson Occom

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: American History Courses
• Course: 01:512:103
• Professor: Professor Mitchell

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During the mid-eighteenth century, british colonial america experienced a dramatic and sweeping set of religious revivals collectively known as the great awakening (location 6873). Most colonies" founders believed that public morality, political harmony, and social order required religious uniformity (location 6891). Not having enough anglican parishes or ministers and not having access to sources discouraged a lot of people from following religion. Anglican clergyman and pastors were often under paid. Every different group of settlers found their own church to distinguish themselves (location 6946). 60% of the adults went to anglican church, rest of the 40% of the adults attended rival presbyterian, baptist, and quaker churches (location 6964). Evangelicals blamed christian rationalism for the loss of former intensity in worship (location 6973). Christian rationalism held that god created the natural universe and thereafter never interfered with its laws (location 6982).