Chapter 7 Section 1 Cultural, Social and Religious Life
Feb 23, 2016
Chapter 7 Section 1
Cultural, Social and Religious Life
What makes a society unique?
• Scholarship• Art• Education
Benjamin Rush
• Doctor• Scientist • Revolutionary• Represented PA in
Continental Congress
Charles Wilson Peale
• Artist
Phillis Wheatley
• Young enslaved woman from Senegal
• Became a poet
Republican virtues
• Self reliance• Hard work• Frugality• Harmony• Sacrificing for the good
of the community
Republican Woman
• One who had the virtues that would help her contribute to the success of the republic.
Social changes
• Population growth• Social mobility- people
were free to move place to place
Religious Renewal
• Second Great Awakening- Powerful religious movement from the early 1800s– Evangelical in nature
Evangelical
• The Bible is the final authority
• Salvation is achieved only through personal belief in Jesus Christ
• People demonstrate beliefs by living a “transformed lifestyle”
Congregation
• Members of the church– Focus was on the
congregation rather than the ministers• SGA was very democratic
because of this
Revival
• Common feature of SGA• Gathering where people
were “revived” or brought back to a religious life– Listening to preachers– Accepting Jesus
New Denominations
• Religious subgroups• Experienced rapid
growth during SGA
• Baptists, Methodists, Unitarians, Mormons, etc…
What were Republican Virtues, and why were they considered
important?
What factors drove population growth in the early 1800s?
How did the Second Great Awakening lead to the growth of
new Christian denominations?
Mercy Otis Warren
• Was Mercy Otis warren a good example of a “republican woman”? Why or why not?