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=Lyman Beecher=

Born: October 12, 1775 Died: January 10. 1863

Bigraphical Information: - Presbyterian clergyman - Attended Yale Divinity School - 1832- Became pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati. - First president of Lane Theological Seminary and mission was to win the west for Protestantism. - Ardent abolitionist - Father of Harriet Beecher Stowe as well as 12 other successful children - Pointed to drunkeness as the national sin

Question 1: - Trying to promote Protestantism in the West because he thought they were virgin lands for revival religions. - Had a goal to educate priest to spread his views in the west and to counteract the growing Catholic influence in the West

Question 2: - Leader of the Protestantism movement in the West. - pastor of Presbyterian Church in Long Island, N.Y. - pulpit of Congregational Church in Litchfield, Conn. - pastor of Hanover Street Church in Boston, Mass. - president of Lane Theolgical Seminary - pastor of Second Presbyterian Church of Cincinnati, Oh. - Currently reside in Cincinnati, Ohio

Question 3: - Goal of my movement to revitalize the Protestant religion in the newly settled lands of the west and to counteract the uprising of the Catholic religion in the west. - Another goal is to cleanse the new land of intemperence which is what can ruin a human being - Eliminate slavery in the western states

Question 4: -Thus far in the movement of revitalizing the Protestant religion and wiping out intemperence in the newly settled land I have accomplished taking the presidency of the furthest outpost of the Protestant relgion, the Lane Theolgical Seminary where I have developed many positvie ideas for aboltion of slavery in the west. I have also educated numerous men to spread the views of the Protestant relgion in hope to crush the Catholic movement in the new states.

Question 5: - I believe the ways in which the government can help my movement is by ABOLISHING SLAVERY. That would solve that issue. I also think the government can prevent harassment of my movement and prevent incidences such as a bunch of Catholic people burning down the Ursulines Covenent school.

References: - One reference is Harriet Beecher Stowe. She is a good reference because as well as his daughter she is another ardent abolitionist. She has wrote the famous //Uncle Tom's Cabin// and is a key person in the Underground Railroad. She expresses many of the same views a Beecher and is involved in the same movement and is basically a product of Lyman's teachings. - A second reference is Timothy Dwight IV. He was the mentor of Lyman during his time at Yale and taught him many of the ideas that Beecher is using in spreading Protestantism to the west. Timothy Dwight instilled all the ideas that Lyman Beeecher is continuing to preach after the death of his mentor.

Works Cited: - "Lyman Beecher". The Beecher Tradition. October 2, 2008 .

-"Lyman Beecher". Soylent Communications. October 2, 2003 .

- Baker, Sean. "American Nativism 1830-1845". The American Relgious Experiment. October 2, 2008 .