Religion The Great American Revolution Religion played a major role in the american revolution by offering a moral sanction for opposition to the british an assurance to the average american that revolution was justified in the sight of god. The american rebellion, the british believed—lumping together congregationalists and their fellow former puritans—was a "presbyterian war." in the view of many of their clergy, the patriot attack on enlightened religion and english culture was proof of the conflict's perversity.
Religion And The American Revolution An Imperial History The Enter gary steward’s justifying revolution: the american clergy’s argument for political resistance 1750 1776, an essential contribution to the debate. steward’s book on the role of clergy. While the dominant narrative of the american revolution focuses on its political causes, the factor of religion cannot be ignored. many settlers came to the north american colonies seeking the freedom to practice their religions. for the puritans, who established a vision for their colony, calling it a "city upon a hill," religion was. Among his many writings are such standard works as the great awakening in new england (1957), an historical atlas of religion in america (1962), and a religious history of america (1966). contents in the unceasing and important debates about the social, political, economic and diplomatic causes of the american revolution, it is easy to minimize or overlook the force of religion in shaping that. The american revolution was an insurrection carried out by 13 of great britain ’s north american colonies that began in 1775 and ended with a peace treaty in 1783. the colonies won political independence and went on to form the united states of america. the war followed more than a decade of growing estrangement between the british crown and.
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