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Cane Ridge Camp
The Second Great Awakening is known for many of the huge religious conventions that occurred, but Cane Ridge Camp was the largest of them all, with well over 20,000 persons in attendance, and lasted for an entire week. The Cane Ridge Camp convention was inspired by Presbyterian/Christian minister Barton Warren Stone who witnessed a smaller religious revival in Western Kentucky, and wished to invoke a similar revival at his church in Cane Ridge, Kentucky. -
Revival At Yale University
Yale University in Connecticut underwent a religious revival in 1802, participated by over 230 students. -
African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) Is Founded
The African Methodist Episcopal Church (AME) was founded because of the poor and unequal treatment of African-Americans in the Methodist Episcopal Church. -
American Temperance Society (ATS)
A society for the promotion of temperance. It was partly founded by two Presbyterian ministers Justin Edwards and Lyman Beecher. -
The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-Day Saints Is Formed
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints was organized and created in New York by Joseph Smith; Introduction to Mormonism. -
Emerson's "Self-Reliance" Is Published
Emerson's "Self-Reliance" is a essay containing the idea that individuals needed to avoid conformity and promoted a person's instincts. "Self-Reliance" helped kickstart the Transcendentalist movement. -
The American Missionary Association (AMA) Was Founded
The AMA was an abolitionist organization founded by many Methodist and Presbyterian leaders and was responsible for the development of over 100 anti-slavery Congregational churches throughout the Midwest. Their purpose was to educate African-Americans while promoting racial equality and Christian values.
