JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
AGE OF THE COMMON MAN
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development of revivals
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development of African American churches
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development of National churches
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Development of transcendentalism
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a group, the transcendentalists led the celebration of the American experiment as one of individualism and self-reliance. They took progressive stands on women’s rights, abolition, reform, and education. They criticized government, organized religion, laws, social institutions, and creeping industrialization.
Detailed explanation-2: -Transcendentalism has its origins in New England of the early 1800s and the birth of Unitarianism. It was born from a debate between “New Light” theologians, who believed that religion should focus on an emotional experience, and “Old Light” opponents, who valued reason in their religious approach.
Detailed explanation-3: -Transcendentalists added to the spirit of reform by urging people to question society’s rules and institutions. Do not conform to others’ expectations, they said. If you want to find God–and your own true self–look to nature and the “God within."