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13 Colonies Notes

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What was the religion in Colonial America dominated to? Religion in Colonial America was dominated to Christianity.
What were the Christians of the colonies made up of? Christians of the colonies were made up of many different denominations.
What kind of role did religion play? Religion played a role in nearly every aspect of the colonist's lives.
What region is all this happening in? NEW ENGLAND.
What was the reason of why most of the New England Colonies have been founded for? Most of the New England Colonies had actually been founded due to religion.
What did the New England Colonies make the colonist's lives live revolved around? The New England colonies made religion, the priority and the colonist's lives revolved around it.
When did ALL work and leisure activities stop and then resume again? ALL work and leisure activities stopped on Saturday afternoon and didn't resume until Sunday evening.
Where did people go on Sunday all day? Sunday was spent all day in church with a short break for lucnh.
Where did Church services take place? Church services took place in the town meetinghouse and attendance was mandatory.
How long were sermons? Sermons were 3 to 5 hours long.
What did people wear and how were they assigned seats? Everyone wore black or somber clothing and were assigned seats (hard wooden benches) based on social class with those of the highest ranks sitting closer to the front.
What did the New England Colonies make religion? The New England Colonies made religion an important part of their legal and political systems.
What did the leaders say they got their authority from? The leaders said they got their authority from divine guidance (God) and that civil authority (laws) should enforce following church rules, beliefs and expectations.
What happened to people who did not follow these rules? People who did not follow these rules (dissenters) could be punished.
How long had the Middle Colonies been under Dutch control and what Dutch policy did they follow? The Middle Colonies had been under Dutch control until 1664 and followed the Dutch policy of religious tolerance and appreciation of diversity.
Which wealthy Quaker was Pennsylvania established by? Pennsylvania was established by the wealthy Quaker, William Penn.
Why did William Penn establish pennsylvania, and why was Pennsylvania the first colony to pass a certain law? He established Pennsylvania to welcome people of diverse faiths. Indeed it was the first colony to pass a law requiring religious tolerance.
What did this religious freedom encourage? This religious freedom encouraged congregations like Calvinists, Jews, Moravians, Lutherans, and Roman Catholics to follow the religious tolerance of the Quakers in Pennsylvania.
What was religious tolerance seen as? Religious tolerance was seen as a kind of trade-off.
What did early American colonists in the Middle Colonies soon discover? Early American colonists in the Middle Colonies soon discovered that if they wanted to practice their beliefs unbothered in a diverse society, they had to grant the same rights to others.
In realizing that no single faith could dominate Middle Colony society, what did the colonists learn? In realizing that no single faith could dominate Middle Colony society, the colonists learned, if not to cherish their differences, at least tolerate and live with them.
What were the Southern Colonies large of? The Southern Colonies were largely Anglican (Church of England) in religious makeup.
In Virginia, the Church of England was recognized as what, and they imposed laws obliging all to attend to what? In Virginia, the Church of England was recognized as the state church. They imposed laws obliging all to attend Anglican public whorship.
What were the Carolinas and Georgia more of what? The Carolinas and Georgia were more religiously diverse, but the Anglicans were frequently still the denomination in power.
What did everyone have to do in Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas? In Maryland, Virginia and the Carolinas, everyone had to pay taxes to support the local Anglican parish and its priest, no matter their religion.
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