RELIGION

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RELIGION

• Effects on the 13 Colonies

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Brief history of religion in England

• began to split into many different churches who
  protested some of the practices of the Catholic
  Church during the Reformation.
• began in England with King Henry VIII who
  established the Church of England with himself as
  its head when the Pope, head of the Roman
  Catholic Church, denied him a divorce.
• During those disputes, the dominant religion
  persecuted members of the other church imposing
  fines, imprisonment, and execution.
• Eventually, the Anglican Church became
  established as the permanent official Church of
  England

• Catholic Church originally dominated all of
  Western Europe
• The Protestant Reformation
• Disputes between the Catholic and Anglican Church
  continued after Henrys death.

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Religion in Mother England

• Other Protestant churches
• Religion
• Public Education

• (including Quaker, Puritan, and Presbyterian) had
  surfaced during this time of religious dispute.
• was taken very seriously in the 1600s and 1700s.
  Churches were the center of social life, but also
  performed many of the functions of governments
  (churches built roads in Virginia).
• can be traced to the Puritan emphasis on reading
  the Bible.

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Religion in England cont.

• The official church supported the reigning
  monarchs right to the throne
• Government

• questioning the church was usually considered to
  be questioning the monarch (a form of treason).
• Many laws supported the beliefs of the official
  church, making it a crime to disagree with the
  established religion.

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Turn page horizontally (you may use a LEFT page)
and copy the entire diagram!
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The 13 Colonies Review Quiz

• 1. In which region would one find corn?
• 2. In which region is the soil rocky and thin?
• 3. In which region would one find tobacco and
  rice?
• 4. In which region would one find Puritans?
• 5. Name and date of the first successful English
  colony.
• 6. Name the Native American who helped the first
  English colony.
• 7. Name and date of the second English colony.
• 8. Name the colonial region that has a moderate
  climate, does farming, lumber and mining for its
  economy.
• 9. Name the Captain who helped Jamestown settlers
  survive.
• 10. In which region would one find slavery?
• 11. What is subsistence farming?
• 12. What is cash crop farming?
• 13. Which region relied on shipbuilding, fishing,
  and whaling to make their economy run?
• 14. Which region is known as the breadbasket
  colonies?

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Religion in the 13 Colonies

• Key
• Puritan
• Quaker
• Catholic
• Anglican (Church of England)
• Tolerant of others
• New England
• Middle
• Southern

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• Key
• Puritan
• Quaker
• Catholic
• Anglican (Church of England)
• Tolerant of others
• New England
• Middle
• Southern

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Colonial Religious Life

1. Name 3 religious groups who came to America for
   religious freedom?
2. How did the government of England punish people
   who did not practice the official religion?
3. Which religion dominated New England?
4. Where did Quakers settle?
5. Where did Catholics settle?
6. What was the name for members of the Church of
   England?
7. Which religion promoted education so that members
   could read the Bible?
8. Which religion believed in tolerance and
   equality?
9. Which region had the most tolerance for religious
   differences?
10. Name of the English king that started the
    Protestant Reformation.