1. Dominant Denominations Tax-supported colonial churches: Anglican (Church of England) – Virginia Congregational – Massachusetts Presbyterians – side with the Seditionists, as do the Congregationalists Roman Catholics – still generally discriminated against

2. Table 5-2 p86

3. The Half-Way Covenant (1662) weakens the distinction between “elect” and everyone else sacrificed religious purity for greater participation in the church

4. Salem Witch Trials (1692) accusations were often directed at property-owning women partly caused by unsettled social and religious conditions reflected widening social stratification

5. p88 George Whitefield Preaching Americans of both genders and all races and regions were spellbound by Whitefield’s emotive oratory.

6. Great Awakening (1730s-1740s) encouraged by preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield aimed at revitalizing American religion the first truly spontaneous mass movement of Americans