Flores de Mayo-history and origin we need to understand
Age of reform part 1
1. “ The Pursuit of Perfection” in Antebellum America 1820 to 1860
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5. The Second Great Awakening “ Spiritual Reform From Within” [Religious Revivalism] Social Reforms & Redefining the Ideal of Equality Temperance Asylum & Penal Reform Education Women’s Rights Abolitionism
6. In France, I had almost always seen the spirit of religion and the spirit of freedom pursuing courses diametrically opposed to each other; but in America, I found that they were intimately united, and that they reigned in common over the same country… Religion was the foremost of the political institutions of the United States. -- Alexis de Tocqueville, 1832 The Rise of Popular Religion
Evangelical Protestantism was in line with the values of the early 1800s because it stressed the ability of everyone to bring about his or her salvation. It upheld the American belief in individualism. It also catered to a mass audience without social distinctions. The revivals reinforced the American belief in democracy and equality.
Such techniques all heightened the emotions of the conversion process (born again)
The Millerites believed the Second Coming of Christ would occur on October 22, 1843. Members of the church sold all of their belongings and bought white robes for the ascension into heaven. Needless to say on October 23, 1843 the religion fell apart. A small group stayed on and today they are the Seventh Day Adventist