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COLONIAL PROTESTANTISMA.TENSION
1.Where do you find conflict among religions today?
2.1600’s within Protestantism
B.PURITANS
1.John Winthrop’s “City upon a Hill” and Social Reciprocity
a)Puritans were the Light of the world
b)Shame Britain
c)Help Neighbors and they will help you
d)Establish a tight knit and perfect community
e)Marriage and church attendance were mandatory
How has the City on the Hill influenced America during the:
A) 1800’s? B) 1900’s? C) 2000’s?
Is this still our mission today?
2. EDUCATION a) Massachusetts
School Law of 16421) Parents
teach children how to Read, about religion and an honorable profession
2) Important for all to read the Bible and to be productive members of the community
b) Modern
Education1) Boston
Latin HS-16352) 1st College-
1636
4. INTOLERANCE a) Puritans had strict rules and stiff
punishments ( sign wearing, branding, stocks, pillory, whipping, etc.)
b) No one was allowed to question authority of the Church
1) Roger Williams2) Anne Hutchinson
THE PURITANS IMPACT
Family Oriented
—led to a population boom
ProtestantCreated Towns, public meetings
Work EthicDiverse
EconomyUpward Social
Mobility
Theocracy --Government that is a combination of the
church and state; control all aspects of life
Predestination (Calvin)
Limited Church Membership due to required conversion experience
Limited Suffrage
Social Reciprocity, “City on a Hill”
Controlled economy
Wage and Price Controls (Business Ethics)
Social Codes (Blue Laws)
Public Punishment
Town Life
Where do you see signs of Puritan influence in modern American Society? (ESPM?)
Where do you see signs that we are different from their original ideas and beliefs?
C.NORTHERN COLONIES
1. Rhode Island was the first Colony to have religious freedom for ALL.
2. Connecticut and New Hampshire were Puritan.
D.SOUTHERN COLONIES
1. Anglican Church
a) Mandated by law in Virginia, North and South Carolina.
b) Church was supported by taxes.
c) No toleration of Non-Christian religions.
2. Maryland
a) Founded as a haven for Catholics
b) In what ways was the Maryland Act of
Toleration anything but tolerant?
E.MIDDLE COLONIES
1. True area of religious diversity--Pluralism
2. Followed the idea that to practice your beliefs without interference, must provide these rights to others.
3. Middle Colonies had one or two dominant religions, but each permitted any and all faiths
4. Society of Friends or Quakers were dominant in PA.
Penn’s “Holy Experiment”—golden rule
5. a) New York—Dutch Reformed and Lutherans
b) New Jersey-Presbyterians
c) Delaware—Swedish Lutherans and Dutch Reformed
6. In each colony though, you had groups of Anglicans, Baptists, Methodists and Jewish groups
Estimated Religious Population in the American Colonies
CongregationalistsAnglicansPresbyteriansGerman ChurchesDutch ReformedQuakersBaptistsMethodistsJews