Cultural, Social, & Religious Life The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must...
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Cultural, Social, & Religious Life The American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain new ideas, and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence, and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample subsistence. This is an American. --Jean de Crevecoeur, 1782 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgCQDZdlMdc&feature=related
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Cultural, Social, & Religious LifeThe American is a new man, who acts upon new principles; he must therefore entertain
new ideas, and form new opinions. From involuntary idleness, servile dependence,
and useless labor, he has passed to toils of a very different nature, rewarded by ample
subsistence. This is an American.--Jean de Crevecoeur, 1782
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgCQDZdlMdc&feature=related
Cultural Advancement
Education – • Educational Standards• Free public education• Republican Virtues – promoting certain
values such as self-reliance and hard work.– Importance of women–New Scholars such as Mercy Otis Warren
(history/politics), Benjamin Rush (science), Benjamin Banneker (anti-slavery).
Social ChangePopulation – • 2.7 million in 1780 - - -12 million by 1830.• Due mainly to high birth rate and
immigration.
Mobility – People move from place to place.• Great opportunities to move West.• People had to adapt to a new way of life and
new people.
Social Change• New rules regarding marriage – Courting.
Religious Revival• Religious movement -2nd Great Awakening
started in Kentucky and Tennessee.• Importance of the congregation stressed.• Women were very active in the movement.• Many new denominations emerged–Baptists, Methodists, Adventists,
Mormons, AME.
