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Cane Ridge camp meeting
One of the first and most famous camp meetings of the Second Great Awakening -
African Methodist Episcopal Church
Richard Allen and others formed the African Methodist Episcopal Church in response to unequal treatment from white members of the church -
Charles Finny's Rochester Revival
An important camp meeting held by Charles Finny that brought increased revivalism and conversions in the New York area. -
Nat Turner's Rebellion
Deadliest slave revolt in which over 60 whites were killed by black slaves protesting slavery -
First Latter Day Saints church
Joseph smith founded the first Mormon church in Kirtland, Ohio. -
Death of Joseph Smith
As a result of persecution and conflict over the years, an angry mob broke into Smith's jail cell and killed him. -
Episcopal church divides
Due to disputes over the morals of slavery, the church split into two denominations, the northern banning slavery and the southern allowing it to continue -
Southern Baptist convention
Created after the divide between Episcopal church into north and south, and is today the largest protestant denomination in America -
Mormons move to Utah
After facing relentless persecution in the eastern United States, Brigham Young led the Mormon people to Utah, calling the land a Mormon Zion -
First wave of feminism
The 72 year long struggle to obtain the right to vote for women begins in 1848 with the first wave of feminism -
The first Buddhist temples are built
Immigrants from China and Japan build Buddhist temples as they search for work in Hawaii and California