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is about…
How the 13 English Colonies in North America were able and willing to create an environment of religious freedom in their communities.
Main Idea
Key Reasons
Essential Details
A
M
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Key Topic
The Development of Religious
Freedom
1. Original Reason –
Economic
Opportunity DROVE
colonists to explore
2. Most Important
Reason – Religious
Freedom allowed to
13 Colonies to grow
economically and be
successful
Main Idea
The Role of Religion and
Virtue
Essential Details
1. Religious groups
created self-governed
communities
2. Penn Colony –
successful experiment
3. Disagreements over
religious beliefs and
ideas lead to the
creation of new
colonies
Main Idea
Development of Religious
Freedom
Essential Details
1. The Mayflower
Compact (1620)
2. Massachusetts Bay
Colony (1630’s)
3. Roger Williams (1636)
4. Penn’s Frames of
Government (1681)
5. Maryland founded
(1632)
6. The Toleration Act
passed (1689)
7. “VAFERF” (1786)
8. The U.S. Bill of Rights
(1791)
Main Idea
Motivation to Develop
Religious Freedom
Essential Details
1. The Protestant
Reformation –
revolution, fight against
corruption in the
Church
2. The Puritans – rebel
against Anglicans
3. 1st Great Awakening –
caused growth of
Christianity in the 13
Colonies
4. 2nd Great Awakening –
caused renewal of faith
in new U.S.A.
So What? (What’s important to understand about this?) – How are humans driven to find and better life?
The desire to practice a religion in the way that people believe is morally right and will bring them success in life is a major driving factor for
many humans, especially the colonists of the 13 English Colonies in North America
Extend Understanding:
Strategic Instruction Model (SIM™) University of Kansas Center for Research on Learning (KUCRL.org)
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