SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
THE 13 COLONIES LIFE IN EARLY AMERICA
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Encouraged liberty and equality
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It established (created) an army
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It put the colonies against one another and encouraged anti-colonial feelings.
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It made the colonists pay a lot of taxes.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Self-government was adopted in the 13 colonies. How did the Great Awakening in the 1730’s prepare the colonists for the American Revolution? The Great Awakening prepared the colonists for the American Revolution by encouraging ideas of liberty, equality, and self-reliance.
Detailed explanation-2: -The overall message was one of greater equality. So the First Great Awakening paved the way for independence and the Constitution. Speaking about spiritual equality encouraged colonists to think more about the need for democracy in both church and state.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Great Awakening helped prepare the colonies for the American Revolution. Its ethos strengthened the appeal of the ideals of liberty, and its ministers and the members of the new evangelical faiths strongly supported the Revolution.
Detailed explanation-4: -Summary: Enlightenment ideals of rationalism and intellectual and religious freedom pervaded the American colonial religious landscape, and these values were instrumental in the American Revolution and the creation of a nation without an established religion.
Detailed explanation-5: -The Great Awakening inspired greater religious freedom. It led to the formation of many new types of churches. The new churches placed an emphasis on having personal faith rather than on church rituals. More colonists began choosing their own faiths, and the strength of established official churches declined.