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Thomas Jefferson
Deists (ex: ________, and Ben Franklin)- believed that the best way to improve society and human nature was to cultivate Reason, which was the highest Virtue (enlightenment thinkers capitalized on both)
Immanuel Kant
________- German philosopher- courage to know and understand.
individual freedom
Both the GA and Enlightenment increased commitment to ________ and resistance to authority that would play a key role in the rebellion against British tyranny in 1775.
basic civic
Rights included ________ principles- human rights, political liberty, religious toleration- influenced colonial leaders efforts to justify a revolution.
Great Awakening
________- religious revival sparked by worries of the erosion of religious fervor.
John Edwards
________- prominent Congregationalist minister in Northhampton.
Benjamin Franklin
________- Child of the En lightenment;
emotional gatherings
Effect on social life- profound, increased ________, willingness to attend sermons, religion= subject of most conversations.
18th century America
The Enlightenment (aka The Age of Reason- A burst of intellectual activity in ________ due to new European ideas; celebrated rational inquiry, scientific research, and individual freedom.
Religion
________ is intensely personal by creating a deep sense of spiritual guilt and yearning for redemption.
mathematical calculation
Used the power of reason to analyze the workings of nature, and used new tools (microscopes, telescopes), for close observation, scientific experimentation, and precise ________.
technological discoveries
The realization that social progress could occur through a series of intellectual and ________ (adaption of mathematical techniques for observing the natural world.
ancient Christian view
The ________- God created earth was the center of the universe, overthrown by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1533, that Earth orbits the sun which was scorned by Catholic officials until it was confirmed using telescopes.
Official tax supported religions
________= people of other faiths could not preach without permission of the parish.
Deists
________ believed that evil originated from human ignorance of the rational laws of nature, not due to inherent sinfulness.
The Enlightenment (aka The Age of Reason
A burst of intellectual activity in 18th-century America due to new European ideas; celebrated rational inquiry, scientific research, and individual freedom
The ancient Christian view
God created earth was the center of the universe, overthrown by Nicolaus Copernicus in 1533, that Earth orbits the sun which was scorned by Catholic officials until it was confirmed using telescopes
1687, Issac Newton (Christian)
devout, challenged biblical notions of the worldsĀ workings by depicting a changing dynamic universe with natural laws that govern all things, not God)
Enlightened "freethnkers" refused to allow church and state to limit what they study and investigate
a dangerous force to Europeans, revolutionary ideas & movements
Benjamin Franklin
Child of the En lightenment;
Bor n Boston (1706), moved to Philadelphia, bought a print shop
began editing and publishing the Pennsylvania Gazette, published Poor Richards Almanack (reputation grew as printing business grew)
Virtues of self-reliance, hard work, public service
founded library, fire company, helped start UPENN, and organized American Philosophical Society (og a debating club)
Highly regarded diplomat, politician, educator, inventive genius devout to scientific investigation (developed the Franklin stove, lightning rod, bifocal spectacles, glass harmonica)
curiosity -> confidence, critical thinking
VA, MD, DE, Carolinas
Anglican Church
NY
Anglicanism, Dutch Reformed Church
PA
no state-supported church, but Quakers dominated legislative assembly
NJ & RI
no official denomination, numerous Christian splinter groups
Most colonies organizeĀ religious life around local parishes
defined their theological boundaries and defended them against people who didnt hold the same faith
Great Awakening
religious revival sparked by worries of the erosion of religious fervor
Effect on social life
profound, increased emotional gatherings, willingness to attend sermons, religionĀ = subject of most conversations
John Edwards
prominent Congregationalist minister in Northhampton
1741, famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
hell is real and is terrible
George Whitefield
most celebrated promoter of the Great Awakening (English)
An Anglican preacher who made several trips to America to restore religious intensity in America (seven times btw 1738
Critics
Anglican ministers thought he was a charlatan too occupied with converting commoners and the ignorant
Urged people to experience a "new birth"
a sudden, emotional moment of conversion and salvation
A Changing Religious Landscape
the Great Awakening made
Jonathon Edwards regretted the emergence of warring factions, NE would never be the same (relgious-wise)
GA shattered Puritan ideal of religious uniformity
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