Lesson & Quiz 02 – Christianity’s Influence on American Civil Government

1. For 6000 years, ___________ has been the default form of human civil government.

As the Pilgrims were Separatists Congregationalists, their churches, rather than the top-down rule of the Episcopal design, each local assembly constituted their own churches and elected their own officers – the Pilgrims modeled their __________________after the same design of their church government.

With the _________________forty-one equals constituted a limited general government and vowed to be ruled by proper law.

Since God established the realm of civil government, it was logical to conclude that _____________________ were experts on God’s intention for civil government.

Founding Father ______________________ was as strong supporter and financial supporter of the First Great Awakening,

Dr. Ellis Sandoz of Louisiana State University points out: “The denominational differences are minimized partly as a result of the homogenizing and democratizing effects of decades of revivalism from the __________________ and its rumbling echoes and aftershocks.”

The first shots of the revolution were fired in a church yard against a group of Minutemen led by pastor _________________ and his deacon named John Parker.

Peter Muhlenberg became a Major General under George Washington. We were the pastor of Lexington, VA. On January 21, he removed his black clerical robe after preaching, revealing a uniform of a Colonial Colonel in the Cavalry. His text was:

At the time of the signing of the Declaration, NYU professor Patricia Banome concluded that _____of the citizens in the 13 United States were Protestant.

After the Declaration was signed, the 13 states all created their own state constitutions. ________ required you adhere to Christianity as a requirement in order to serve in public office.