![]() ![]() Johnson posits that this new religious movement was the impetus behind the Whig party and that its passing signaled the end of the new party. ![]() Later, the evangelical movement actually split the economic elite against itself. After that, he details the struggle of the economic elite, the Masons, and the evangelicals Charles Finney and Josiah Bissell against the new middle class of business owners burgeoning in Rochester. The beginning chapters recount the history of the city and how the business relationships shaped the manner by which the revival would shape Rochester’s future. By looking through the tax, census, church, and news records of the city from 1815 to 1837, he posits an interpretation of how the religious revival of 1831 changed the social, political, and economic landscape of the city. Johnson’s Shopkeeper’s Millennium traces the effects of the Second Awakening in the town of Rochester, New York. Rushing to fill this moral vacuum were local ministers and preachers fostering a sense of personal responsibility and religious living. Along with them came a new era of quasi-lawlessness and country justice. cities were concentrated around sea ports, but the vastness of the interior of the new United States was a big temptation for land speculators and budding farmers. The Revolution was behind us and the population was moving inland. ![]() The early 1800s in America were a very interesting time. ![]()
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