How Religious Ideas and Spiritual Experiences were Shaped in an American Society and Culture from 1700 to 1812 A.S.

By danicla

  • Founding of The Society of the Propagation

    Founding of The Society of the Propagation
    At first, owners and traders have little interest in converting slaves to Christianity,but with the
    founding of the Society of the Propagation of the Gospel, Anglican missionaries begin to actively promote
    the Gospel to slaves.
    Location:New England
    1.William Smith. "Papers Relating to the Founding by the" Society for the Propagation of the Gospels in
    Foreign Parts," London, of the Missions at Reading and Morlattan, Berks County, Pennsylvania." The
    Pennsylvania Magazine 25, no.3 (1901):372­382

  • First Great Awakening sweeps the colonies; divides denominations

    First Great Awakening sweeps the colonies; divides denominations
    The first mass movement in American history, the Great Awakening is kindled in Western
    Massachusetts and catches fire when the Anglican priest George Whitefield draws crowds that number in
    the thousands to revivals.
    1. O'Brien, Susan. "A transatlantic community of saints: the Great Awakening and the first evangelical
    network, 1735­1755." The American Historical Review 91, no. 4 (1986): 811­832.

  • Declaration of Independence signed

    Declaration of Independence signed
    The document formally severing ties with the British government enshrines the American idea
    that "liberty" and "freedom" are rights given by God. The idea of America as a land uniquely blessed by
    divine power will echo throughout American history. Among the signers of the declaration of independence
    were the Freemasons.
    Location:Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia
    1.Jefferson, Thomas. The declaration of independence. Scholastic Inc., 2002.

  • Quran transcribed by Muslim slave

    Quran transcribed by Muslim slave
    They were men, women and children captured and sold to slave traders, forced on to ships, and
    kept in appalling conditions for the long journey to the Americas. Some of the first Muslims in
    America were slaves taken from Africa. In 1768, a slave named Charno, who lives in South Carolina,
    transcribes four suras, or chapters, from the Quran.
    Location: South Carolina
    1.Ahmad, Nadia B. "The Islamic Influence in (Pre­) Colonial and Early America: A Historico­Legal Snapshot."
    (2014).

  • Methodist Church in America established

    Methodist Church in America established
    The Methodist Episcopal Church, an outgrowth of the Anglican Church, arrives in America prior
    to the Revolutionary War and soon begins attracting converts quickly becoming the fastest growing
    denomination in the American religious marketplace.It also becomes the largest denomination in the
    country.
    Location: Eastern Pennsylvania
    1.Sweet, William Warren. Methodism in American history: Revision of 1953. Abingdon Press,2004

  • Second Great Awakening leads to creation of new denominations, sects

    Second Great Awakening leads to creation of new denominations, sects
    Populist denominations, notably the Methodists and Baptists, race far ahead of the old
    established churches; Utopian communities dot the landscape; millennial expectations fire the imaginations
    of thousands waiting or working for God's kingdom.
    Location: New England
    1.Mathews, Donald G. "The Second Great Awakening as an organizing process, 1780­1830: An
    hypothesis." American Quarterly 21, no. 1 (1969): 23­43.