Protestant Revolution

Examples of Protestant Revolution in the following topics:

• Colonies in Crisis

  • The events of the Glorious Revolution in England had tumultuous repercussions for British colonies in America.
  • They arrested dominion officials as a protest against the rule of Sir Edmund Andros, the governor of the Dominion of New England.
  • Maryland saw Coode's rebellion, or the Protestant Revolution of 1689.
  • This was an armed insurrection by Maryland Protestants against the colonial government, seen by the rebels as dominated by Catholicism.
  • The insurrection drew its name from John Coode, the militant and colorful leader of the Protestant Association.

• Maryland

  • Maryland also ceded some territory to create the new District of Columbia after the American Revolution.
  • In Maryland, Baltimore sought to create a haven for English Roman Catholics and to demonstrate that Catholics and Protestants could live together harmoniously.
  • Despite the focus on creating a safe haven for Catholics, the majority of settlers were Protestant.
  • The Protestant Revolution of 1689 was an event in Maryland when Puritans, by then a substantial majority in the colony, revolted against the proprietary government, in part because of the apparent preferment of Catholics to official positions of power.
  • Full religious toleration would not be restored in Maryland until the American Revolution.

• Tax Protests

  • Beginning in 1765 the British Parliament asserted its supreme authority to lay taxes, and a series of American protests began that led directly to the American Revolution.
  • The first wave of protests attacked the Stamp Act of 1765, and marked the first time Americans from each of the thirteen colonies met together and planned a common front against illegal taxes.
  • This also began the rise of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty, who staged public protests over the taxes.
  • The British responded by trying to crush traditional liberties in Massachusetts, leading to the American revolution starting in 1775.
  • During the Boston Tea Party of 1773, Americans dumped British tea into Boston Harbor in protest of a hidden tax.

• The Glorious Revolution

  • His daughter Mary, a Protestant and the wife of William of Orange, a Dutch stadtholder, or steward, was previously the heir to the throne.
  • The Revolution permanently ended any chance of Catholicism becoming re-established in England.
  • The Revolution led to limited tolerance for nonconformist Protestants, although it would be some time before they had full political rights.
  • King James was deposed in the Revolution of 1688 by William III.
  • William of Orange successfully invaded England with a Dutch fleet in the Glorious Revolution of 1688

• The Stimulus Package and the Occupy Movement

  • The protest received global attention, spawning the Occupy movement against social and economic inequality worldwide.
  • It was inspired by anti-austerity protests in Spain relating to the 15-M movement, as well as the recent uprisings and revolution in Egypt.
  • Early on the protesters were mostly young; as the protests grew, however, older activists also became involved.
  • The average age of the protesters was 33, with people in their 20s balanced by people in their 40s.
  • The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011.

• The Bolsheviks

  • Following a series of internal revolutions, Russia withdrew from World War I as the Bolshevik party took power.
  • The Bolsheviks came to power in Russia during the October Revolution phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, and founded the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic which would, in 1922, become the chief constituent of the Soviet Union.
  • The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which dismantled the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of Communist Russia.
  • In the first revolution of February 1917, which occurred in Petrograd (now St.
  • During this chaotic period there were frequent mutinies, protests, and many strikes.

• The Great Awakening

  • Each of these "Great Awakenings" was characterized by widespread revivals led by evangelical Protestant ministers, a sharp increase of interest in religion, a profound sense of conviction and redemption on the part of those affected, an increase in evangelical church membership, and the formation of new religious movements and denominations.
  • Ministers from various evangelical Protestant denominations supported the Great Awakening.
  • Joseph Tracy, the minister, historian, and preacher who gave this religious phenomenon its name in his influential 1842 book The Great Awakening, saw the First Great Awakening as a precursor to the American Revolution.
  • These concepts ushered in the period of the American Revolution.

• Swelling Protest

  • Political groups such as the Sons of Liberty evolved into groups such as the Committees of Correspondence: shadow governments organized by the patriot leaders of the 13 colonies on the eve of the American Revolution.
  • The Declaration of Rights raised 14 points of colonial protest.
  • In addition to the specific protests of the Stamp Act taxes, it asserted that:
  • Its emergence led to the development of a pattern for future resistance to the British that would carry the colonies toward revolution in 1776.
  • The overall effect of these protests was to both anger and unite the American people like never before.

• The Glorious Revolution in America

  • The Glorious Revolution led to the dissolution of the Dominion of New England and the establishment of the Province of Massachusetts Bay.
  • With the birth of his son and potential successor James III in June 1688, some Whigs and Tories set aside their political differences and conspired to replace James with his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange.
  • Furthermore, Mather convinced the Lords of Trade to delay notifying Andros of the revolution.
  • In the aftermath of the Glorious Revolution, Massachusetts Puritans arrested Andros.
  • Nicholson was deposed as lieutenant governor of the Dominion of New England when news of the Glorious Revolution reached North America.

• Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization

  • Sociologists Weber, Marx and Durkheim envisioned different impacts the Industrial Revolution would have on both the individual and society.
  • Max Weber was particularly concerned about the rationalization of society due to the Industrial Revolution and how this change would affect humanity's agency and happiness.
  • Karl Marx took a different perspective on the Industrial Revolution.
  • Durkheim also argued that the increasing emphasis on individualism in Protestant religions – in contrast to Catholicism – contributed to a corresponding rise in anomie, which resulted in higher suicide rates among Protestants than among Catholics.
  • Compare the similarities and differences between Weber's Rationalization, Marx's Alienation and Durkheim's Solidarity In relation to the Industrial Revolution