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

c)Salem Witch Trials

Witchcraft was a sin and a crime---”the work of the devil”

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

What are the differences that we have seen so far between English society and their American Colonies? ESPM?