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[6] [7] Others stress the secular character of the American Revolution and note the secular character of the nation's founding documents. [citation needed] Protestantism in the United States, as the largest and dominant form of religion in the country, has been profoundly influential to the history and culture of the United States.
[2]: 370–374 For the volume on United States history during what was popularly called the "Age of Jackson", Woodward and Hofstadter chose between William W. Freehling and Charles Grier Sellers; Hofstadter considered Sellers's prose inadequate, so the coeditors initially appointed Freehling to the task, but after Kenneth M. Stampp—initially ...
African Americans made up 12.3% of the total population, 3.6% were Asian American, and 0.7% were Native American. [233] Median household income along ethnic lines in the United States. With its ratification on December 6, 1865, the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery in the U.S. The Northern states had outlawed ...
The American Revolution is the main source of civil religion. The book Sons of the Fathers: The Civil Religion of the American Revolution says it produced these religious properties: a Moses-like leader in George Washington; prophets such as Thomas Jefferson and Thomas Paine; apostles such as John Adams and Benjamin Franklin; martyrs such as ...
Religion has been a major influence on art, culture, philosophy and law of the continent. Between them, the United States, Mexico and Canada account for 85 percent of the population of North America. Religion in each of these countries is dominated by Christianity (77.4), [2] [3] making it the largest religious group in North America.
Fischer states that the book's purpose is to examine the complex cultural processes at work within the four folkways during the time period. Albion's Seed argues, "The legacy of four British folkways in early America remains the most powerful determinant of a voluntary society in the United States."
Edwin Scott Gaustad (November 14, 1923 – March 25, 2011) was a professor of history at the University of California, Riverside. [1] He achieved fame with his study of the genealogy of religion in the United States, Historical atlas of religion in America.
Developments in the culture of the United States in modern history have often been followed by similar changes in the rest of the world (American cultural imperialism). This includes knowledge, customs, and arts of Americans, as well as events in the social, cultural, and political spheres.