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Inthe1730sand1740s
theFirstGreatAwakeningofferedtheAmerican
protestantismamorepersonalrelationshipwith
theirfaith.Itwasaformofpreachingthatstarted
theFirstGreatawakeninglikeJonathanEdwards
andGeorgeWhitfield.Influencingandbringing
manycoloniestogetherfromthismovement.
SecondGreatAwakening:
Inthe
Early1800s,
andinfluencedbyCharlesGrandisonFinney.It
wasareligiousmovementthathelpmovethe
societyintobelievinginManifestDestinyand
expandingthecolonies.Alsobeganmanyreforms
liketheWomensmovementandTemperance.
Protestant:
NotsubjecttoPapalrule,youhave
manypastorsandclergymen.Protestantsbelieve
inwhatCatholicsbelieveinbuttheProtestant
FaithcameinprotestoftheCatholicfaithbeing
socontrollingandProtestantsbelievedin
separationofchurchandstateandcatholicismdid
not.
Catholic:
SubjecttothePope,aselectedmanand
selectedclergy.Catholicismistherulingbodyof
thechurchandstate,allsinsaredefinedbythe
popeandplayedoutbythepope.Godspeaks
throughthepopewheraswithProtestantismGod
speaksthroughtheindividual.
Slavery:
Theownershipofapersonasproperty,
tobeowned,boughtorsold.Aslavehasnorights
andissubjecttowhateveritsmasterhastoldthem
todo.Themastermakesprofitoffoftheslave
withtheslavenotreceivinganybenefits.
Indenturedservitude:
Laborsysteminwhich
peoplepaidofftheirdebttocometotheNew
Worldthroughwork.Afterasetnumberofyears
theyweresetfreeandgivensomeamountofland
andmoney.
ReligiousTolerance:
Theabilityforagroupof
peopletoacceptanothergroupofpeoples
religiousbeliefswithoutchastisingthem.
ReligiousIntolerance:
Theinabilitytoaccept
someoneelsesbeliefs.Tochastiseandhurt
someoneforwhattheybelieve.