THE ROAD TO REVOLUTION 1700 1774
THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING RELIGIOUS REVIVAL AND AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE
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She thought that only religious people should be elected to government positions.
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She thought that people had the right to worship without influence of the government.
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She thought that the government had the right to influence people’s religious beliefs.
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She thought that the religious leaders of the time supported women’s role in the government.
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did Anne Hutchinson’s thoughts and feelings on religion relate to the idea of separation of Church and State? She thought that only religious people should be elected to government positions.
Detailed explanation-2: -She believed that heaven was attainable to anyone who worshipped God directly, through a personal connection. Hutchinson also preached that behavior, and therefore sin, did not affect whether someone went to heaven. These beliefs were in direct violation of Puritan doctrine.
Detailed explanation-3: -Anne Hutchinson was a leader in religious dissent in the Massachusetts colony, nearly causing a major schism in the colony before she was expelled. She’s considered a major figure in the history of religious freedom in America.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Puritans in Massachusetts Bay believed in a separation of church and state, but not a separation of the state from God. restricting future freemanship and the right to vote only to Congrega-tional Church members in order to guarantee a “godly” government.
Detailed explanation-5: -Hutchinson’s views and her growing reputation as a leader–when women were not allowed to speak or teach in public–were understood as a threat to the stability of the small colony by Puritan officials, notably Governor John Winthrop.