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Im very excited about tonight s topic. On the eve of the American Revolution, Great Britain and its 26 american colonies were united by culture, language, commerce, and by religion. And british peoples on both sides of the atlantic constructed a protestant empire that encompassed anglicans and dissenters alike. But there was a question of whether that would endure. To help us understand what that meant for the people and the institutions who built this protestant empire, tonight we are going to put our faith in dr. Car tear. She is a professor at the Southern Methodist university in the author...

For the plans with blue. I imagine if our water were to run out, this is the realization of what happens to a community that runs out of water. There is no way to survive this our future. Imagine our wells drying up as a job given youngster food, im afraid that we may eventually run out of water here here, or skips. And what if the fight for water turns into war . Some parts of the world are going to become on livable because of rising. Keep your big big here. The water crisis is the tail of never ending. Missouri water is disappearing everywhere. That suggests a huge global migration. Think t...

Swept through the colonies. Weve been talking about the founding of the american colonies, and were getting now into the 1700s. Today and this week i want to focus mostly on religion in the late colonial period and the coming of the great awakening in the 1730s and 40s. And i know this has been on you alls minds since you have a paper coming up. Were going to get to some background on religion in the colonial period and the leadup to the great awakening, some of the overview of what happens in the great awakening and, hopefully, thatll set you up better for your papers. You can see here on the...

Happening in 18th Century America with regard to religion. Weve talked about some of this already before in class about the scope of religion and religious commitment across the colonies. If you look first at the southern colonies from maryland down to georgia, mostly what we have is a formal commitment to the church of england. And the church of england, of course, is the National Official church of england, of britain, and most of those colonies adopt what we would call a kind of formal establishment of the church of england. But the southern colonies overall are probably the least religious...

Founding of the american colonies and were getting now into the 1700s. Today, in this week, im going to focus mostly on religion and the late colonial period, and the coming of the great awakening in the 17 thirties and forties. And i know this has been on you alls mind since you have a paper on that coming up. So we are going to give some of the background to religion in the colonial period, and then the lead up to the great awakening, some overview of whats happening in the great awakening. And hopefully that will set you up better for your papers. You can see here on the screen we have an i...