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Coming of Age in the Colonies
What changes are happening in the
American colonies?
Colonizing America
• 1492: Christopher Columbus lands in Caribbean
• 1607: British “joint stock co” settles Jamestown - tobacco
introduced, slaves brought in for labor in Southern colonies
• 1620: Mayflower lands land at Plymouth, “Puritan Pilgrims” are
seeking religious freedom in New England colonies
• Puritan ethic is basis of how NE colonies are managed, see
their colony as “city on a hill” & God’s chosen
• British nobility settle the Mid-Atlantic colonies
Native American Relations in Colonies
•Southern & Mid-Atlantic colonies constantly battled with Nat. Ams
•NE cols. generally had good relations with Nat Ams.
•However, when more settlers arrived conflict grew. Ex: “King
Phillip’s War” (NE cols broke agreement took more land)
Video: How do you think colonists took advantage of Nat. Ams?
Early Religion in the Colonies
1. Congregationalists (Puritans and other dissidents who
left the Church of England)
2. Anglicans (Church of England)
3. Smaller groups like Quakers & Catholics (in PA & MD)
Congregationalists
(Most in New England)
Anglicans (Most
everywhere else)
The First Great Awakening
•1730s: Colonies have religious revival
movement, known as Evangelicalism
•Movement was seen as a “new birth”
•Movement led by Jonathan Edwards
& George Whitfield
•Followers told:
1)God is angry
2) individuals must connect with God
3) everyone who accepts evangelical
teachings (born again) gets salvation
Results of First Great Awakening:
1. Challenged authority of established churches (old lights), don’t
need old church to be “born again”
2. Since everyone gets salvation, more equality is needed in US
3. New “evangelical” religions (new lights) gain popularity
(Presbyterian, Baptist, Methodist)
Document Based Questions (DBQ):
Title: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
– put answers in your notes, use complete sentences
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What type of document is this, who wrote it and when?
What does the author say about how God feels about man?
Why have people not gone to hell?
Do people have anything to save themselves? Explain.
So what do you think the author wants Christians to do?