By: Ryan Batzel, Adam Mattern, Matthew Robinson

The Pattern of Religions  Religious toleration was more prominent in America than in any European nation.  They needed religious toleration because their were so many different religious groups.  Their was a serious decline in religious piety.

The Pattern of Religions cont.

The Great Awakening  The Great Awakening occurred because of lack of religious piety, therefore the religious leaders impressed the importance of religion.  Powerful religious leaders such as John Wesley, and Charles Wesley helped to spread the revival.  The Great Awakening started in the 1730’s, and reached its climax in the 1740’s.

The Enlightenment  The Enlightenment was because of advances in science, and basic intellect.  The Enlightenment slowly helped to undermine the traditional authorities.  The Enlightenment ideas in America were taken from many European thinkers.

The Enlightenment cont.

Education  The Enlightenment brought about the requirement of every community to have a public school by  There were only 6 colleges by All but 2 were founded by religious groups for the training of ministers.  The 2 colleges that were not established for religious reasons were almost completely secular.

Education cont.

The Spread of Science  The spread of the Enlightenment was most clearly defined by the interest in scientific knowledge.  Many advances in science occurred from the early 1700’s to the 1750’s.  Immunization became a common medical procedure by 1750.

Concepts of Law and Politics  In the 17 th and 18 th centuries their was an interest in bringing back the old ways laws were only imposed on the colonies by Britain by the 1800’s which is already too late.  After the 1734 to 1735 trial of John Peter Zenger colonists refused to think of law as a expression of the power of the king.

Concepts of Law and Politics