H105, American History I

Lecture 8:  Cultural Diversification — Enlightenment and Awakening

I.  Imposing rational order upon social disorder — Enlightenment
II.  Imposing emotional order upon social disorder — Awakening
III.  Enlightenment and Awakening and the emergence of personal agency

1680s-1730s Domestic Architecture and Urban Planning
1730
William Byrd’s Westover Plantation, Charles City County VA (near Richmond)
1714
James Simon, The North Prospect of Montague House
1683
Thomas Holme, “A Portraiture of the City of Philadelphia”
1734
Peter Gordon, “A View of Savannah”

1740s-1770s Religion in the Urban Landscape
1771
Hugh Gaine, New York Almanac
1744
Anglican church, Philadelphia PA

1738-1770 George Whitefield’s 13 Tours of the Colonies
1714
born
1736
graduated from Oxford University
1738-1770
from Georgia to Massachusetts
1769
John Greenwood, mezzotint portrait of George Whitefield
1739
George Whitefield, “A Sermon” (New York)
1769
satire of George Whitefield (London)

1730s-1760s First Great Awakening
1740
Gilbert Tennent, “The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry” (Philadelphia)
1741
Jonathan Edwards, “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” (Boston)
1775
Baptist church, rural Virginia
1764
Princeton college, fundraising  pamphlet (Woodbridge)