-
Called for Puritan ideology (John Winthrop's "City Upon a Hill")
-
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson. Religious freedom
-
used by puritans to get more people to join churches
-
Founded by William Penn for Quakers, religious freedom
-
-
in response to market rev
-
Henry David Thoreau. Argued for self-spirituality/search for spiritual truth
-
People believed that it was their "god given right" to expand westward
-
utopian communities
-
Against "old immigrants" (Irish and German). Very anti-Catholic
-
during progressive era, people tried to help poor immigrants/ laborers through the bible
-
Mainly racist, but also against catholicism and jews
-
southern areas that were heavily religious, usually pro-segregation
-
Against teaching evolution in schools (ruled that teaching evolution is illegal)
-
jerry faldwell, etc