A War of Religion: Dissenters, Anglicans and the American Revolution (Studies in Modern History)

Examines The Controversial Establishment Of The First Anglican Church In Boston In 1686, And How Later, Political Leaders John Adams, Samuel Adams, And John Wilkes Exploited The Disputes As Political Dynamite Together With Taxation, Trade, And The Quartering Of Troops: Topics Which John Adams Later Recalled As Causes Of The American Revolution. By James B. Bell. Cover 1 Contents 8 List of Illustrations and Tables 10 Prologue 11 Acknowledgements 18 Some Useful Dates 20 PART I: A Century of Controversies 24 1 The Seeds of Discord: An English Church Established in Boston 25 2 Discord Enlarged: The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel 39 3 A Handmaiden for Episcopacy: John Checkley of Boston 55 4 The English Origins of a Colonial American Controversy 64 5 Noah Hobart Decries Anglican Expansion: Thomas Sherlock Proposes an American Bishop 80 6 Jonathan Mayhew Fears a Bishop and Challenges the Purpose of the S.P.G. 89 7 Pleas for an American Bishop in the 1760s: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Secker and Thomas Bradbury Chandler 103 8 A Radical Response to a Bishop: John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Wilkes 113 9 The Controversy over a Bishop in the Colonies outside New England 129 PART II: A New Controversy: The Political Sentiments of the Clergymen 143 10 The Impact of the First Continental Congress and the Local Committees of Safety 144 11 Critics of the Continental Congress and Common Sense: Jonathan Boucher and Charles Inglis 161 12 A Challenge to Radical Politics: Samuel Seabury, Jr., and Thomas Bradbury Chandler 177 13 Quiet and Militant Patriots 191 14 William Knox Seeks to Establish an Ecclesiastical Imperial Policy for the American Church 208 15 The State of the Clergy in 1775 and 1783 216 16 The English Church, a Cause of the American Revolution 232 Appendix I: Political Sentiments of Colonial Clergymen of the Church of England during the American Revolutionary War, 1775–83 243 Appendix II: A Summary of the Birthplaces, Birth Years, and Colleges Attended by Colonial American Church of England Clergymen, 1775 262 Notes 267 Bibliography 315 Index 337 A 337 B 337 C 338 D 339 E 339 F 339 G 339 H 340 I 340 J 340 K 340 L 340 M 341 N 341 O 341 P 342 Q 342 R 342 S 343 T 343 U 343 V 344 W 344 Y 344 Z 344 Of The Birthplaces, Birth Years, And Colleges Attended By Colonial American Church Of England Clergymen, 1775. The Seeds Of Discord: An English Church Established In Boston -- Discord Enlarged: The Society For The Propagation Of The Gospel -- A Handmaiden For Episcopacy: John Checkley Of Boston -- The English Origins Of A Colonial American Controversy -- Noah Hobart Decries Anglican Expansion: Thomas Sherlock Proposes An American Bishop -- Jonathan Mayhew Fears A Bishop And Challenges The Purpose Of The S.p.g. -- Pleas For An American Bishop In The 1760s: Archbishop Of Canterbury Thomas Secker And Thomas Bradbury Chandler -- A Radical Response To A Bishop: John Adams, Samuel Adams, And John Wilkes -- The Controversy Over A Bishop In The Colonies Outside New England -- The Impact Of The First Continental Congress And The Local Committees Of Safety -- Critics Of The Continental Congress And Common Sense: Jonathan Boucher And Charles Inglis -- A Challenge To Radical Politics: Samuel Seabury Jr. And Thomas Bradbury Chandler -- Quiet And Militant Patriots -- William Knox Seeks To Extablish An Ecclesiastical Imperial Policy For The American Church -- The State Of The Clergy In 1775 And 1783 -- The English Church, A Cause Of The American Revolution -- Political Sentiments Of Colonial Clergymen Of The Church Of England During The American Revolutionary War,, 1775-83 -- A Summary Of The Birthplaces, Birth Years, And Colleges Attended By Colonial American Church Of England Clergymen, 1775 James B. Bell. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 294-315) And Index. Front Matter....Pages i-xxii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 The Seeds of Discord: An English Church Established in Boston....Pages 3-16 Discord Enlarged: The Society for the Propagation of the Gospel....Pages 17-32 A Handmaiden for Episcopacy: John Checkley of Boston....Pages 33-41 The English Origins of a Colonial American Controversy....Pages 42-57 Noah Hobart Decries Anglican Expansion: Thomas Sherlock Proposes an American Bishop....Pages 58-66 Jonathan Mayhew Fears a Bishop and Challenges the Purpose of the S.P.G.....Pages 67-80 Pleas for an American Bishop in the 1760s: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Secker and Thomas Bradbury Chandler....Pages 81-90 A Radical Response to a Bishop: John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Wilkes....Pages 91-106 The Controversy over a Bishop in the Colonies outside New England....Pages 107-120 Front Matter....Pages 121-121 The Impact of the First Continental Congress and the Local Committees of Safety....Pages 123-139 Critics of the Continental Congress and Common Sense: Jonathan Boucher and Charles Inglis....Pages 140-155 A Challenge to Radical Politics: Samuel Seabury, Jr., and Thomas Bradbury Chandler....Pages 156-169 Quiet and Militant Patriots....Pages 170-186 William Knox Seeks to Establish an Ecclesiastical Imperial Policy for the American Church....Pages 187-194 The State of the Clergy in 1775 and 1783....Pages 195-210 The English Church, a Cause of the American Revolution....Pages 211-221 Back Matter....Pages 222-323 "Using numerous published and unpublished travel journals by middle-class men and women from England, Scotland and Wales who toured the Continent and Britain, this book explores the variety of national identities existing in Victorian Britain. Unlike most scholars who focus on a single national identity in Britain, Morgan's study reveals the subtle way that national identity shifted depending on context, particularly geographic context. In so doing, the book also highlights the specific qualities middle-class victorians had in mind when they used such terms as British, English, Scots and Welsh to identify themselves collectively." "Morgan's book has wide-ranging appeal because it integrates two subject areas of interest to scholars across disciplines - travel and national identity. Furthermore, the book's accessible style and extensive use of the amusing, telling anecdote make it attractive to the non-scholarly reading public as well. In particular, Morgan's work is significant for anyone grappling with geopolitical changes in our time. In that the book analyses multiple national identities in a single state, it illuminates the sort of collective imagining likely to take place among Europeans in a more united Europe and enhances our understanding of why some states are successful at incorporating multiple national identities and others are not."--Jacket A War of Religion examines the impact of the establishment of the first Anglican Church in Boston in 1686 and the strident objections to its presence from leading Congregational ministers. The men decried that the province had an established church, objected to the Book of Common Prayer, and challenged the historic nature of the Episcopal Office. Their complaints were anchored in the rhetoric of the Puritan party in the Church of England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. James Bell argues that in particular Increase Mather's criticisms of the English church shaped the debates that persisted between Dissenters and Anglicans until the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. He shows how after the Stamp Act in 1765 the radical political leaders John Adams and Samuel Adams in Boston and John Wilkes in London transformed the controversies from the realm of abstract ecclesiastical argument to the domain of fundamental political issues. The men exploited the disputes for a decade as political dynamite in concert with the contentious subjects of taxation, trade, and the quartering of troops; topics which John Adams later recalled as causes of the American Revolution. Examines the controversial establishment of the first Anglican Church in Boston in 1686, and how later, political leaders John Adams, Samuel Adams, and John Wilkes exploited the disputes as political dynamite together with taxation, trade, and the quartering of troops: topics which John Adams later recalled as causes of the American Revolution. A War of Religion examines the impact of the establishment of the first Anglican Church in Boston in 1686 and the strident objections to its presence from leading Congregational ministers. The men decried that the province had an established church, objected to the Book of Common Prayer, and challenged the historic nature of the Episcopal Office. Their complaints were anchored in the rhetoric of the Puritan party in the Church of England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries This examination of the Whig theory of resistance that emerged from the revolution of 1688 in England presents an important challenge to the received opinion of Whig thought as confused and as inferior to the revolutionary principles set forth by John Locke.; While a wealth of Whig literature is analyzed, Julia Rudolph focuses upon the work of James Tyrrell, presenting a full-length study of this seminal Whig theorist, and friend and colleague of John Locke. This book provides a compelling argument for the importance of Whig political thought for the history of liberalism.