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1509
French-swiss reformer John Calvin born
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1513
John Knox, reformer in scottland, born
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1517
Martin Luther posts theses that stimulate reform of the church; symbolic beginning of the continental reformation
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1529
the label "Protestant"invented at the Diet of Speyer in Germany
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1559
puritans seek to reform Anglican Church in England
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first English settlement with Anglican Church in Virginia
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pilgrims settle Plymouth colony in Massachusetts
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native Americans react and colonial tensions grow
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puritans establish Massachusetts bay colony
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jews arrive from Brazil after exile within Europe
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first great awakening in colonies
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Period: to
independence, formation of U.S. with a constitution that mentions God. "fathers" were mostly protestant
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methodists, reformers within anglicanism, organize in Baltimore
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cane ridge revival in kentucky kicks off second great awakening
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methodists split over slavery, as do many denominations, southern and American baptists still haven't reunited
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Period: to
great age of protestant missionary work
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pentecostal beginnings
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federal council of churches created to promote ecumenism
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prime years of "the social gospel"
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Period: to
fundamentalists and evangelicals organize
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world council of churches involves American churches
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federal council of churches, largely protestant
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protestants participate in civil rights movement
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evangelical protestants emerge as a political force
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protestants no longer a majority group; down to roughly 50 percent of all Americans