Christianity after an avoided ARW

The revolutionary war wasn't a religious war, and there was a tradition of separation of church and state in many colonies already, and I don't think the king was interested in wiping that out.
 
It may not have been anything major but Anglicans did split from the Church of England after the war and formed their own churches.
 
It may not have been anything major but Anglicans did split from the Church of England after the war and formed their own churches.

And I guess it may have influenced some more.. hardline revolutionaires before/after the war to just change of churches maybe for things as Methodism (if it existed already?) because it was THE official british church and all. Or maybe I speak through an hat, to use a french language expression...
Hey, I was told americans switched tastes to coffee from tea in parts due to the war, according to pop history, after all... so, churches maybe... seen as a 'Whore of London'...

Maybe without ARW, Anglicanism would remains a bigger part of the Protestant religious side of things, and somewhat 'official' if less to the degree of now modern Canada.
 
It may not have been anything major but Anglicans did split from the Church of England after the war and formed their own churches.

The only reason for the change was because obviously they couldn't continue to acknowledge the king of Great Britain as head of the church. That was literally the only reason for the split.
 
The only reason for the change was because obviously they couldn't continue to acknowledge the king of Great Britain as head of the church. That was literally the only reason for the split.

But is there (or later came to be) differences? like a preference for Low Church tendency?
 
If the Great awekenings happen it might be a little more restrained simply because they are starting from a "higher" church position
 
But is there (or later came to be) differences? like a preference for Low Church tendency?
There are a few differences in Church governance (e.g. it led to the consecration of bishoprics in the US, and also contributed to the relatively decentralized nature of church authority), but nothing that would matter to a non-Episcopalian.

The ARW did lead to the disestablishment of the Episcopal Church in the colonies in which it had been the established church, so there is that.
 
It may not have been anything major but Anglicans did split from the Church of England after the war and formed their own churches.

Because part of the oath a priest took being consecrated was loyalty to the King (as head of the Church, if nothing else). So, aside from Virginia (which was odd), if you were an Anglican priest during the ARW, you were either a Tory or an oathbreaker. So, for a goodly number of years, this was a significant problem, and is the reason why the Methodists became a separate church at this time IN the US. (It stayed simply a movement within the Anglican church in Britain until John Wesley died.)
 
If the Great awekenings happen it might be a little more restrained simply because they are starting from a "higher" church position

But even before the Revolution, Anglicans were a minority in the 13 colonies. Remember that several of the colonies were founded by dissenting Protestants.

Also, Wales underwent its own Low Church movement during this time, despite no political separation.
 
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