1758-1783
1758
Presbyterian Church, split by the Great Awakening into New Side and Old Side, reunites.
1766
First Methodist meeting (in New York City) in the American colonies.
1776
American independence declared.
1780
Massachusetts constitution adopted; state support of religion provided.
Reproduced with permission from: James H. Hutson, Religion and the Founding of the American Republic (Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, 1998).
