During the Second Great Awakening, African Americans established the first African Methodist Episcopal churches in Philadelphia in order to- Persuade white citizens to worship alongside them.
Attract women to join their churches.
Enjoy tax breaks granted to religious institutions.
Practice their religion free of discrimination.

its many islands, high mountains, and remote peninsulas isolated population centers.

to reform the distraught soviet union, the democratization of the communist party was promoted through party secretary mikhail gorbachev's policies of “perestroika” and “glasnost.” perestroika refers to the reconstruction of the political and economic system established by the communist party.

first representative government in british america called virginia assembly