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The Evolution of Cultural, Social, and Religious Life in Early American Society

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This chapter explores the unique qualities of early American society, highlighting the contributions of key figures in education, art, and science. It discusses Noah Webster's influence on American English, the push for public education, and the significance of Republican virtues such as self-reliance and community sacrifice. The section also examines social mobility, population growth, and the impact of the Second Great Awakening on religious life, leading to the rise of new denominations. The role of women like Mercy Otis Warren in supporting the republic's ideals is also considered.

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  1. Chapter 7 Section 1 Cultural, Social and Religious Life

  2. What makes a society unique?

  3. Scholarship • Art • Education

  4. Education • Noah Webster compiles the American Dictionary of the English Language • Some states required free education for children

  5. Benjamin Rush • Doctor • Scientist • Revolutionary • Represented PA in Continental Congress

  6. Charles Wilson Peale • Artist

  7. Phillis Wheatley • Young enslaved woman from Senegal • Became a poet

  8. Republican virtues • Self reliance • Hard work • Frugality • Harmony • Sacrificing for the good of the community

  9. Why were Republican Virtues considered important? It was believed that Americans would need these in order to form the new Republic

  10. Republican Woman • One who had the virtues that would help her contribute to the success of the republic.

  11. Social changes • Population growth • Social mobility- people were free to move place to place

  12. What factors drove population growth in the early 1800s? • A great increase in the number of births

  13. Religious Renewal • Second Great Awakening- Powerful religious movement from the early 1800s • Evangelical in nature

  14. Evangelical • The Bible is the final authority • Salvation is achieved only through personal belief in Jesus Christ • People demonstrate beliefs by living a “transformed lifestyle”

  15. Congregation • Members of the church • Focus was on the congregation rather than the ministers • SGA was very democratic because of this

  16. Revival • Common feature of SGA • Gathering where people were “revived” or brought back to a religious life • Listening to preachers • Accepting Jesus

  17. New Denominations • Religious subgroups • Experienced rapid growth during SGA • Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians, Mormons, etc…

  18. How did the Second Great Awakening lead to the growth of new Christian denominations? Baptist churches grew because they reflected the evangelical zeal of the 2nd Great Awakening Methodism was well suited to frontier life and appealed to common people

  19. Unitarianism offered hope and appealed to reason • The Mormon faith also gained followers due to the simplicity of its doctrine

  20. Mercy Otis Warren • Was Mercy Otis warren a good example of a “republican woman”? Why or why not?