1. Rhode Island 1636 founded on religious toleration Roger Williams banished from MA (1635) 1 st place people could worship freely Wrong to take land from Natives without pay

2. Maryland, 1634 Catholic refuge Safe haven for Catholics Protestants soon outnumbered them Act of Toleration (1649) – freedom of worship for C & P…failed (1692)

3. Pennsylvania, 1682 William Penn’s Holy Experiment William Penn~ Quaker Quakers (aka “Friends”) ~ Protestant group of dissenters Everyone had an “inner light” Everyone was equal (no aristocracy, slavery) Tolerant of other rel. views Pacifists Good relations with Natives

4. Georgia, 1733 clean living is next to Godliness Oglethorpe wanted his settlers to be hardworking, sober & Protestant Didn’t work (no rum, no slaves, land limits)

5. The Great Awakening, 1720s – 1760s Religious revival George Whitefield & Jonathan Edwards (ministers) Caused by a general spiritual “dryness” Looked like: an emotional fervor, tent revivals, traveling preachers

6. The Great Awakening, 1720s – 1760s Impact: Creation of new churches (Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians) Emphasis on education (NE colonies) Encouraged belief that all people were equal before God (new ideas about democracy) Willingness to question established political authority (the King) Sense of American unity before Revolution