HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Distilled Beverage, Oneida Limited, Prison Reform
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First great awakening was a movement that was known across all 13 colonies (first major nationwide event). Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise of it (not allowed to have one religion/church etc. that everyone has to pay tax to etc. ) Separate states however, had the authority to establish a base religio(cid:374) as, the (cid:272)o(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374) did(cid:374)(cid:859)t have anything against it (there are certain state religions) 2nd movement = huge movement in us, democratization of religion. The constitutional ba(cid:374) of a federal religio(cid:374), did(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) religio(cid:374) a(cid:374)d politi(cid:272)s (cid:449)ere separated. The romanticism movement was called the transcendentalist movement in elite new england circles. It criticized the state of culture and society. Core belief inherent goodness of people and nature society and institutions corrupted the purity of its individuals (very rousseau-esc) Downplayed theology and intellectual argumentation in favor of personal, heartfelt experiences.
