The University of Maine DigitalCommons@UMaine Electronic Theses and Dissertations Fogler Library 12-1961 The S. P. G. in New England, 1760-1784: A Social Aspect of the American Revolution Irving Henry King Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd Part of the United States History Commons Recommended Citation King, Irving Henry, "The S. P. G. in New England, 1760-1784: A Social Aspect of the American Revolution" (1961). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3291. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/etd/3291 This Open-Access Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by DigitalCommons@UMaine. It has been accepted for inclusion in Electronic Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@UMaine. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE S. P. G. IN NEW ENGLAND, 1760-1784: A SOCIAL ASPECT OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 2^" By IRVING HENRY KING A. B., University of Maine, 1959 A THESIS Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts (in History) Division of Graduate Study University of Maine Orono December, 1961 PREFACE The history of the religious organizations in New England during the American Revolution has been written ■ largely in terms of the experience of the Congregational ! Church. That is natural, for the part played by the [ Congregational Church loomed larger there than that of I. any other denomination, and it was the Congregational i i organization which took some of the most important steps in initiating the colonial, resistance which led to independence. But while the role of the Anglican Church in[ the crisis was not so significant as that of the Congrega tional, it certainly was not trivial.