Cities in North grow fast, South doesn't
Population increases commercial and cultural importance
Great Awakening
Division between conservative fire and brimstone preachers vs. more progressive religious stance
More tolerant of religious change
Personal relationship with God
Don't need to rely on minister
Old lighters railed on new lighters with jeremiads
Jeremiads
Social rant about evil ways, long sermon
Enlightenment challenged traditional religious authority
Reasoning
Saw reason as a compliment to science, not an opposite
High white literacy rate
Many New England universities started off as religious universities
Religious curriculum vs. Liberal curriculum
Spread of science
Smallpox inoculation vs. praying smallpox away
Beyond science to law and politic
Zenger Case, 1734
Court ruled that criticism of government is not libelous if accusations are true
Beginning of free speech
Allows publishing of newspapers
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