Finding Your Forefathers in America
Author : Archibald Fowler Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Genealogy
ISBN :
Author : Archibald Fowler Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 24,42 MB
Release : 1959
Category : Genealogy
ISBN :
Author : Archibald Fowler Bennett
Publisher :
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 1957
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : Alf J. Mapp
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 10,7 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780742531154
In this book, the author cuts through historical uncertainty to accurately portray the religious beliefs of 11 of America's founding fathers. (Motivation)
Author : Frank Lambert
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1400825539
How did the United States, founded as colonies with explicitly religious aspirations, come to be the first modern state whose commitment to the separation of church and state was reflected in its constitution? Frank Lambert explains why this happened, offering in the process a synthesis of American history from the first British arrivals through Thomas Jefferson's controversial presidency. Lambert recognizes that two sets of spiritual fathers defined the place of religion in early America: what Lambert calls the Planting Fathers, who brought Old World ideas and dreams of building a "City upon a Hill," and the Founding Fathers, who determined the constitutional arrangement of religion in the new republic. While the former proselytized the "one true faith," the latter emphasized religious freedom over religious purity. Lambert locates this shift in the mid-eighteenth century. In the wake of evangelical revival, immigration by new dissenters, and population expansion, there emerged a marketplace of religion characterized by sectarian competition, pluralism, and widened choice. During the American Revolution, dissenters found sympathetic lawmakers who favored separating church and state, and the free marketplace of religion gained legal status as the Founders began the daunting task of uniting thirteen disparate colonies. To avoid discord in an increasingly pluralistic and contentious society, the Founders left the religious arena free of government intervention save for the guarantee of free exercise for all. Religious people and groups were also free to seek political influence, ensuring that religion's place in America would always be a contested one, but never a state-regulated one. An engaging and highly readable account of early American history, this book shows how religious freedom came to be recognized not merely as toleration of dissent but as a natural right to be enjoyed by all Americans.
Author : Robert W. Galvin
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 44,95 MB
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780742522800
In this important work, the author illuminates how the founding fathers' motives, thoughts, and actions were framed by the Scottish Enlightenment.
Author : Lisa A. Alzo
Publisher :
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 11,12 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Middle West
ISBN : 9781897220511
This book provides information on records available at repositories and online as well as an historical overview for each state.
Author : Matthew Harris
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 0195326490
Whether America was founded as a Christian nation or as a secular republic is one of the most fiercely debated questions in American history. Historians Matthew Harris and Thomas Kidd offer an authoritative examination of the essential documents needed to understand this debate. The texts included in this volume - writings and speeches from both well-known and obscure early American thinkers - show that religion played a prominent yet fractious role in the era of the American Revolution. In their personal beliefs, the Founders ranged from profound skeptics like Thomas Paine to traditional Christians like Patrick Henry. Nevertheless, most of the Founding Fathers rallied around certain crucial religious principles, including the idea that people were "created" equal, the belief that religious freedom required the disestablishment of state-backed denominations, the necessity of virtue in a republic, and the role of Providence in guiding the affairs of nations. Harris and Kidd show that through the struggles of war and the framing of the Constitution, Americans sought to reconcile their dedication to religious vitality with their commitment to religious freedom.
Author : David Lynn Holmes
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 39,8 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : Connie Lenzen
Publisher :
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,56 MB
Release : 2012
Category : United States
ISBN : 9781897220153
Author : Michael Gorton
Publisher : BrownBooks.ORM
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 21,98 MB
Release : 2018-11-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 161254309X
A novel based on the forgotten historical figures who ensured the triumph of democracy in the country that would become America. A Global eBook Awards Gold Medal Winner In the early colonies, this country was on the precipice of becoming an autocratic theocracy. A century and a half before Jefferson and Adams, the battle for democracy, freedom, and equal rights was sparked by a few people who are now lost and forgotten pieces of history. Travel back to 1620s London, where hardworking and creative Samuel met Mary, a unique and highly educated woman. Their journey would lead them to the colonies, where they were ostracized and sentenced to death for introducing the fundamental principles modern Americans hold dear. This fast-paced historical fiction will make you question your understanding of the founding years of this free nation. These pioneers created the template our founding fathers used to build America. Forefathers & Founding Fathers is an adventure, a love story, and a tale of great persistence—a tale that every American should know and yet most do not. This expanded second edition explores even further into the lives of these impactful figures, giving a deeper perspective on their sacrifices and devotion to this country.