Religion and Revolution
Religion in America
Religion as a Cause of
Revolution
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Revolutionary heritage
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Resistance to Catholicism and tyranny
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Resistance to Anglican hierarchy
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Millennial expectations
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Great Awakening; French & Indian War, 1754-63
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Quebec Act of 1774
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Took away assembly, legalized Catholicism, expanded borders
War and the Churches
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Congregational clergy: solid supporters of the war
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Memories of Charles I and James II
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Loyalist churches split
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Anglican Church dealt severe blow
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Methodist Church fades
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Presbyterians divided
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John Witherspoon, Presbyterian Founding Father
War and the Churches
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Baptists reluctant
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Catholics support the Revolution
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Charles Carroll, Catholic Founding Father
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Quakers: pacifists versus Patriots