Dominant Denominations

Tax-supported colonial churches: Anglican (Church of England) –

Virginia Congregational – Massachusetts

Presbyterians – side with the Seditionists, as do the Congregationalists

Roman Catholics – still generally discriminated against

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The Half-Way Covenant (1662)

weakens the distinction between “elect” and everyone else

sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church

Salem Witch Trials (1692)

accusations were often directed at property-owning women

partly caused by unsettled social and religious conditions

reflected widening social stratification

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George Whitefield PreachingAmericans of both genders and allraces and regions were spellbound by Whitefield’s emotive oratory.

Great Awakening (1730s-1740s)

encouraged by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield

aimed at revitalizing American religion

the first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans