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SSUSH

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SSUSH2 c & d

c. Identify Benjamin Franklin as a symbol

of social mobility and individualism.

d. Explain the significance of the Great

Awakening.

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Causes of the Great Awakening The Glorious Revolution in England led to the

Church of England as the only approved church inEngland, leading to the suppression ofCatholicism, Judaism, and Puritanism.

A Spiritual Revival will start in the colonies as a

reaction to this suppression.

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Great Awakening

This movement occurred between 1730 and1760, and focused on people returning to theirstrong beliefs in God.

The Great Awakening was mostly in the New

England Colonies. George Whitefield brought the movement from

England to Boston. Whitefield found thatministers did not have the knowledge of theChurch

Preachers like Jonathan Edwards preached fireand brimstone sermons that got parishionersmore vocal in church than their Puritan neighbors

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Effects of the Great Awakening Many different

protestantdenominations werestarted

The FoundingFathers of Americadid not subscribe toone denominationtherefore they kept

church and stateseparate.

It brought about theidea of revolution.

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Social Mobility The ability to move from one social

class to another easily throughmarriage or changing jobs.

A person can move up or down theladder.

For instance, if you marry a millionaireyou have moved up the social ladder. Ifyou marry someone of lower socialclass than you then either you willmove up, or they will move down. Ifyou get laid off or get fired you willlikely move down the social ladder. Ifyou gain a college degree you are

likely to move up the social ladder.

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Social Mobility Cartoons

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Individualism Individualism is the moral stance, political philosophy,

ideology, or social outlook that stresses "the moral worth ofthe individual". Individualists promote the exercise of one's goals and

desires ,and so they value independence and self-reliancewhile opposing most external interference upon one's owninterests, whether by society, family or any other group orinstitution.

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Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin is a

great example of

social mobility Came from a family of

17 children, familywas quite poor.

Franklin came to be aprinter, writer,politician, politicalcartoonist, scientist,and a signer of the

Declaration ofIndependence andthe Constitution.

He brought the first subscription

library to America-

He brought about fire insurance for

homeowners.

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Closer

Quick Write- Do you think social

mobility is possible? WHY or WHY

NOT?

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Benjamin Franklin video

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