Jack of Harts

To the authorities in England, the First Great Awakening was an attack against King and Country, a rebellion in thought if not in deed.  They tried to silence the traveling preachers, to force them to give up on their foolish ideas.  Many pastors died when they were lynched by religious mobs, or were hung by British courts.  My family stayed out of the line of fire, preferring to do business and make money.  But increased taxes and trade restrictions hurt even us.