Religion in the American Revolution by Brian Walsh

2015-01-12 14:07:59 UTC

Yes... So great

Matthew elliott

2015-01-12 14:24:02 UTC

The great awakening was a religious move,net led by the articulate George white field that had a big impact on colonial resistance. Because most people converted from Anglican , the church of England, so most stopped paying Anglican taxes. Because of this resistance to Anglican taxes and the Anglican Church as a whole it was clearly a spark to the American revolution.

Katelyn

kgemmel — 2015-01-12 14:25:54 UTC

Yes, religion was a significant factor in the movement towards

independence because it played such a key role in political events.

Religion is what caused the Puritans and separatists to leave England

in the seventeenth century and led to the desire of the right to practice

religion freely. Different ideals and aspects of religion were determining

factors in a representative government and religion was so important to

the colonists that they pushed the independence movement so they

would be allowed to make decisions that would agree with their beliefs.

British religious practices were also forgotten about by the Patriots which

led to a decrease in taxes and revenue being collecting by England.

Cassie Barry

Cassie_B — 2015-01-12 16:15:37 UTC

Yes, religion played a major role in the American movement towards independence. One way in which religion played a major role in independence is that religion set an equal field for everyone. Also, religion offered a set of moral penalty for resistance to the British, which assured average American colonist that revolution was justified by God. Another way in which religion played a major role in the movement towards independence is that it turned the act of rebellion and revolution into a righteous cause.

Carlie

cbrainard — 2015-01-12 16:22:17 UTC

Religion was a significant factor toward independence because movements like the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening had a great impact on colonists. The Enlightenment was a religious movement that promoted rational thinking based off math and science. Desists rejected super natural interventions, which would motivate them to start a revolution to protect their natural rights, Life, Liberty, and Property, one of the four main principles of the Enlightenment. Of these four principles, another one is to progress improvement in society, which is what the colonists would be doing by declaring independence from England. The Great Awakening was a religious revival that swept across the colonies. In this religious movement, individuals strived for a mystical union with God to achieve salvation. Because this revival appealed to hearts over minds, priests were then selected based on conversion experience, not their knowledge of the bible. This caused for a questioning and undermining of authority, not only of priests of of the British crown. This movement also united people through diversity of gender, class, and ethnicity.

2015-01-13 03:21:32 UTC

Emily K

2015-01-13 04:25:37 UTC

Yes, religion was a very significant factor

in the movement for independence. Not

only did it provide justification for some

colonists to join the movement, but it also

provided a common language that united

all of the colonists, both the upperclass

gentlemen and the common men.

Curtis Pierre-Louis

2015-01-13 13:20:07 UTC

Movements like the Great Awakening and

the Enlightenment played a big role in the

Push for independence. The Great

Awakening was more of a religious revival

that shanked the regions viewpoints of

many colonists. Preachers such as George

Whitefield, taught people that they should

all have a strong personal relationship with

God. The Enlightenment, unlike the Great

Awakening, was a cultural movement that

emphasized the power of human reason to

understand and shape the wo

Emily Spurr

Espurr103 — 2015-01-13 18:10:22 UTC

Yes, religion was a significant factor in the movement towards independence because movements like the Enlightenment and the Great Awakening had a significant impact on colonists. The First Great Awakening democratized religion by redressing the balance of power between the minister and the congregation. Rather than listening demurely to preachers, people spoke out had enthusiastic emotions. The Enlightenment stressed the personal use of freedom over the deference to authority. Early American colonists were affected by this in that they were fleeing authorities who attempted to control what religious traditions they could choose. Such concepts and habits were a necessary foundation for the American Revolution.

Rachel V

itsrachelv — 2015-01-13 19:15:14 UTC

Josue Medor

2015-01-13 20:57:24 UTC

Religion did, in fact, play a significant role in the persuasion of the colonists and the unification of the patriots against the crown. Patriot leaders such as the Thomas Paine would justify several ideas with biblical references because not only was it effective in a highly religious society, but it was also understandable to the layman. This "mutual language" created the unification that would allow these ideas to spread and seep into a colonist's mind more effectively. Since the Revolutionary War was mental as much as it was physical, this would essentially determine the colonist's position.

Brendan Ro$$

Bross21 — 2015-01-14 02:59:01 UTC

Religion was an extremely important factor in the movement towards American independence from Britain. The Great Awakening, specifically, played a great role in colonial independence. This Great Awakening was personally empowering, democratizing movement that turned the colonists alway from Britsh imperialism. New Light preachers of this movement preached about having a personal relationship with God. People no longer had to obey orders from clergy members and take everything they preached as truth. This caused colonists to question their political rule, too. New Lights also taught people to follow their personal emotions and feelings. The Great Awakening led colonists to realize that they could do what they wanted and be independent from Britain.

Osmanee Offre

Osmanee — 2015-01-14 11:22:25 UTC

Religion played a major role in the American movement for independence. Religion offered a moral authorization to oppose the British and assured average colonists that rebelling against Britain and wanting independent was justified in the eyes of God. Religion helped turn the colonial resistance into a righteous cause. Many ministers such as George Whitefield and Abraham Keteltas gave sermons that stirred the people in the colonies. Keteltas celebrated the American effort and claimed that it was the cause of truth, against error and falsehood.

taylor lachance

Taylorlachance — 2015-01-14 20:30:04 UTC

Yes religion played a very significant role in the revolution in serveral different ways. One way was how

religion formed a common language between higher and lower class. Becasue the people of lower

couldnt really understand the terminology used by the upperclass, religion gave them a language of

common ground so they could express and interpret different ideas. Some people even used religion and

the stories of the bible as a form of justification for the actions of gaining their independence.